Shajahan Chowdhury (Chittagong politician)

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| name = Shajahan Chowdhury

| native_name = শাজাহান চৌধুরী

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| office = Member of Parliament

| constituency = Chittagong-14

| term_start = 20 March 1991

| term_end = 30 March 1996

| predecessor = Ibrahim Bin Khalil

| successor = Oli Ahmad

| constituency1 = Chittagong-14

| term_start1 = 1 October 2001

| term_end1 = 29 October 2006

| predecessor1 = Oli Ahmad

| successor1 = Shamsul Islam

| birth_place = Satkania, Chittagong, East Pakistan

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| party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

| nationality = Bangladeshi

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| denomination = Sunni

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| main_interests = {{Unbulleted list|History of Islam|Pan-Islamism}}

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Shajahan Chowdhury ({{langx|bn|শাজাহান চৌধুরী}}) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former MP from the Chittagong-14 constituency. Currently, he is serving as the Ameer of Chittagong Metropolitan unit of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.{{cite news |title=Ex-Jamaat MP Shahjahan held |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/180953/Ex-Jamaat-MP-Shahjahan-held |access-date=4 November 2019 |work=Prothom Alo |language=en}}

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Chittagong-14 as a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate in 1991 and 2001.{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=292 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228234909/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=292 |archive-date=28 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}

Chowdhury was arrested on 1 May 2019. According to the local police, there had been 50 violence cases against him.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2019/05/01/ex-jamaat-mp-shahjahan-chowhdury-held|title=Ex-Jamaat MP Shahjahan Chowhdury held|date=1 May 2019|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=11 January 2020}}

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