Shahiduzzaman Sarker
{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox politician
| name = MD.ABU BAKKAR SIDDIQ NAYAN
| native_name = মোঃ আাবু বক্কর সিদ্দিক নয়ন
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = Minister of State for Planning
| termstart = 1 March 2024
| termend = 5 August 2024
| primeminister = Sheikh Hasina
| minister = Abdus Salam
| constituency_MP1 = Naogaon-2
| parliament = Bangladesh
| term_start1 = 25 January 2009
| term_end1 = 6 August 2024
| predecessor1 = Shamsuzzoha Khan
| term_start2 = 1991
| term_end2 = 1995
| predecessor2 = SM Nuruzzaman
| successor2 = Shamsuzzoha Khan
| birth_place = Naogaon District, East Pakistan, Pakistan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|12|13|df=y}}
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| relations = Abbas Ali Mandal (father-in-law)
}}
Shahiduzzaman Sarker is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing Naogaon-2 constituency. He is a former Minister of State for Ministry of Planning. Sarkar previously served as the Whip of Treasury Bench of the Parliament of Bangladesh.{{cite news|title=Banks warned against funding militancy|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/online/banks-warned-against-funding-militancy-73536|accessdate=5 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=24 March 2015|language=en}} On 1 May 2020, he became the first member of the Bangladesh Parliament to test positive for COVID-19.{{cite news |title=MP, 3 police, 1 Ansar test positive for COVID-19 in Bangladesh |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/105526/mp-3-police-1-ansar-test-positive-for-covid-19-in-bangladesh |work=New Age |date=1 May 2020}}
Early life
Sarkar was born on 13 December 1955.{{cite web|title=Md. Shahiduzzaman Sarker|url=https://amarmp.com/mp/99|website=Amarmp|accessdate=5 March 2018}}
Career
Sarker was elected to the parliament from Naogaon-2 in 1991 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League.{{cite web|title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001|url=http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=47|publisher=Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics|accessdate=5 March 2018|date=29 December 2008|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229002713/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=47|archivedate=29 December 2008}} He was re-elected in 2008.{{cite news|title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results|url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=41&Year=2008|accessdate=5 March 2018|work=amardesh.com|publisher=Amar Desh Online|archive-date=26 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226152015/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=41&Year=2008|url-status=dead}} He was elected unopposed in 2014 after the main opposition, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, boycotted the election.{{cite news|title=AL closer to majority before voting|url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/|accessdate=5 March 2018|work=archive.newagebd.net|publisher=New Age|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/|url-status=dead}} He was made the parliamentary whip on 25 January 2014.{{cite news|title=Feroz made chief whip|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/feroz-made-chief-whip-8304|accessdate=5 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=25 January 2014|language=en}}
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