Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury
{{short description|Retired Brigadier general of Bangladesh Army and Election Commissioner of Bangladesh}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Brigadier General
| name = Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury
| native_name = শাহাদাত হোসেন চৌধুরী
| native_name_lang = bn
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| office = Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
| term_start = 15 February 2017
| term_end = 14 February 2022
| predecessor = Zabed Ali
| successor = Ahsan Habib Khan
| president = Abdul Hamid
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|4|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Companiganj, East Pakistan, Pakistan
| death_date =
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| spouse = Sarwat Chowdhury
| alma_mater = Chittagong University
Armor School
Defence Services Command and Staff College
| profession = Military officer, Election Commissioner
| allegiance = {{BAN}}
| branch = {{army|Bangladesh}}
| serviceyears = 1982–2010
| rank = File:Bangladesh-army-OF-6.svg Brigadier General
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| unit = Armoured Corps
| commands = *Commandant of Armoured Corps Centre and School
- COD of ARTDOC
- Commander of 93rd Armoured Brigade
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Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury (afwc, psc, te) (born 1959) is a retired Brigadier general of Bangladesh Army who also served as one of the Election Commissioners of Bangladesh{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Election Commission |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/page/election-commissioner-shahadat-sir |website=www.ecs.gov.bd |access-date=26 April 2019}} during 2017-2022.
Early life
Chowdhury was born in 1959 in Companiganj Upazila of Noakhali district of the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to Ali Imam Chowdhury and Ferdous Ara Begum.{{cite web |script-title=bn:পরবর্তী নির্বাচন কমিশনে যারা থাকছেন |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news-38885992 |website=BBC |date=7 February 2017 |language=bn |access-date=26 April 2019}} He is the second among his five siblings. He completed his Secondary School Certificate from Basurhat A. H. C. Government High School in 1974 and Higher Secondary School Certificate from Chittagong College in 1976. He earned his graduation in Mathematics from Chittagong University.
Career
On 7 February 2017, President Abdul Hamid appointed Chowdhury to the post of Election Commissioner in the Bangladesh Election Commission under Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda.{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharjee |first=Partha Pratim |last2=Molla |first2=Mohammad Al-Masum |date=2017-02-07 |title=Ex-secy Nurul Huda new CEC |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/ex-secy-nurul-huda-new-cec-1357207 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Chowdhury oversaw the 11th parliamentary elections of Bangladesh in 2018.{{Cite web |date=2018-12-27 |title=Pre-polls situation under control: Election Commissioner Shahadat |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/pre-election-situation-under-control-election-commissioner-shahadat-hossain-1679491 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}
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Category:Election Commissioners of Bangladesh
Category:Bangladesh Army brigadiers
Category:University of Chittagong alumni