Shafiqur Rahaman Chowdhury

{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (born 1957)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Shofiqur Rahman Choudhury

| office = Minister of State for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment

| primeminister = Sheikh Hasina

| term_start = 11 January 2024

| term_end = 6 August 2024

| successor = Asif Nazrul

| constituency_MP1 = Sylhet-2

| parliament1 = Bangladesh

| term_start1 = 30 January 2024

| term_end1 = 6 August 2024

| predecessor1 = Mokabbir Khan

| term_start2 = 29 December 2008

| term_end2 = 5 January 2014

| predecessor2 = Ilias Ali

| successor2 = Yahya Chowdhury

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|08|18|df=y}}

| nationality = Bangladeshi

| party = Bangladesh Awami League

}}

Shofiqur Rahman Choudhury (born 18 August 1957){{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/member-profile/012023001/shofiqur-rahman-choudhury|title=Member profile|accessdate=2024-11-29|publisher=Government of Bangladesh}} is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sylhet-2 constituency.

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Sylhet-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2008.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=221&Year=2008 |website=Amar Desh |accessdate=23 October 2019}} He resided in the United States and returned to Bangladesh for the election.{{cite news |last1=Faysal |first1=Atik Rahman |title=BNP still confused, JP relaxed in Sylhet-2 seat |url=https://bdnews24.com/11thparliamentaryelection/bnp-still-confused-jp-relaxed-in-sylhet-2-seat |accessdate=23 October 2019 |work=bdnews24.com |date=25 December 2018}}

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