Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury
Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury Advocate | |
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শাহীনুর পাশা চৌধুরী | |
| File:Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury.jpg Chowdhury in 2025 | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 21 July 2005 – 28 October 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Abdus Samad Azad |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Abdul Mannan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) |
| Party | Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis |
| Other political affiliations | Trinomool BNP (2023 – 2024) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (1991 – 2023) |
| Alma mater | Jamia Qasimul Uloom Murari Chand College University of Dhaka |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury (Bengali: শাহীনুর পাশা চৌধুরী; born 1969) is a Bangladeshi politician from Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sunamganj-3 constituency during 2005–2006. He was elected a member of parliament for the first time in July 2005 after the death of incumbent Abdus Samad Azad, a Awami League presidium member.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Chowdhury was born in 1969 to a Bengali Muslim family in Patli Union, Jagannathpur, Sunamganj District, Bangladesh. He completed a Masters from Hadith studies at the Jamia Qasimul Uloom Madrasa, and then completed a degree at the Murari Chand College. After that, he studied law at the University of Dhaka.[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]In 1991, Chowdhury was affiliated with Chhatra Jamiat Bangladesh. He was the Central General Secretary. He is the Joint General Secretary of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh. Member of the Parliament elected from Sunamganj-3 constituency. He was elected a member of parliament for the first time after the death of former Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad, a member of the Awami League Presidium in the 2005.[1][2][5]
Chowdhury unsuccessfully contested the 2008 and 2018 elections as a candidate of the four party alliance led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jatiya Oikya Front.[6]
Chowdhury served as the legal affairs secretary of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh in 2019–2020. He is the vice-president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh. On 7 May 2021, he was detained by Criminal Investigation Department from Sylhet following riots by Hefazat during a state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[7][8][9][10] He joined Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis on 16 December 2024.[11]
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- Deobandis
- 1969 births
- Living people
- People from Patli Union
- Politicians from Sylhet Division
- Murari Chand College alumni
- University of Dhaka alumni
- 8th Jatiya Sangsad members
- Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh leaders
- Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh politicians
- Islami Oikya Jote politicians
- Trinomool BNP politicians
- Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis politicians
- Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam
- Bangladeshi Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
- Bangladeshi lawyers
- Raja Girishchandra High School alumni