Sheikh Selim
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (born 1949)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim
| native_name = শেখ ফজলুল করিম সেলিম
| native_name_lang = bn
| constituency_MP = Gopalganj-2
| parliament = Bangladesh
| term_start = 14 July 1980
| term_end = 6 August 2024
| predecessor = Mollah Jalaluddin Ahmed
| term_start1 = 5 March 1991
| term_end1 = 24 November 1995
| successor1 = Farid Ahmed
| term_start2 = 10 July 1986
| term_end2 = 6 December 1987
| predecessor2 = Position created
| office4 = Minister of Health and Family Welfare
| term_start4 = 29 December 1999
| term_end4 = 15 July 2001
| predecessor4 = Salahuddin Yusuf
| successor4 = Abdul Malik
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|02|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gopalganj, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| children = Sheikh Fazle Fahim
| relations = {{ubl|Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani (brother)|Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh (nephew)|Andaleeve Rahman Partho (nephew)}}
| relatives = see Tungipara Sheikh family
| profession = Politician
| image = Sheikh Selim and Hasina 2023 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Selim (left) with Sheikh Hasina (right) in Gopalganj in 2023
}}
Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim (born 2 February 1949; known as Sheikh Selim){{Cite web |title=Constituency 216_11th_En |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3776 |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Bangladesh Parliament}} is a Bangladeshi politician who was a 9-term Member of Parliament representing the Gopalganj-2 constituency during 1980–2024. He is a presidium member of the Bangladesh Awami League.{{cite news |title=AL's 60th founding anniversary today |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-93811 |work=The Daily Star |date=23 June 2009 |access-date=2022-06-11}}{{cite news |title=Prime minister: Stand united to get rid of terrorism |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jul/20/prime-minister-stand-united-get-rid-terrorism |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=7 August 2016}}{{cite news |title=Suranjit slates 'scared' ministers over US ambassador's comments, faces ire |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/suranjit-slates-scared-ministers-over-us-ambassadors-comments-faces-ire |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=21 July 2016 |access-date=7 August 2016}} He also served as the minister of health and family welfare during 1999–2001. He has been in hiding ever since the fall of his cousin Sheikh Hasina's government on 5 August 2024.
Early life and family
Sheikh Selim is the son of Sheikh Nurul Haque and Sheikh Asia Begum, sister of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, former president of Bangladesh. He is the younger brother of Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani, founder of the Jubo League.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-116465 |title=Tributes paid to Sheikh Moni |date=2009-12-04 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-02-19 |language=en}} He is a first-cousin of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.{{Cite news |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/06/03/d7060301033.htm |title=Hasina regularly took money from magnates |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-02-19}}
Selim is descended from the Sheikh family of Tungipara from both his parents. His father's grandfather, Qudratullah Sheikh, was the brother of his mother's great-great-grandfather, Ekramullah Sheikh. Sheikh Mujib was both his uncle and nephew, being son of his third-cousin Sheikh Lutfar Rahman.{{Cite web |title=Barrister SEX Fazle Noor Taposh |url=https://barristersheikhtaposh.info/familytree.php |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=barristersextaposh.info}}
Career
Sheikh Selim has won parliamentary elections from Gopalganj-2 nine times with 90% of vote, since 1980.{{Cite web |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/645/biography |title=Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim -শেখ ফজলুল করিম সেলিম Biography |website=Amarmp |language=en-US |access-date=2018-02-19}} He served as the minister for health and family welfare in the first Hasina ministry. He has been the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare Ministry.{{Cite news |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/arcprint/details/70566/Sheikh-Fazlul-Karim-Selim-speaks-at-a-discussion/2015-08-27 |title=Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim speaks at a discussion |work=Daily Sun |access-date=2018-02-19 |language=en}} He is a presidium member of the Bangladesh Awami League.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/al-asks-us-not-interfere-internal-issues-1225432 |title=AL asks US not interfere in internal issues |date=2016-05-17 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-02-19 |language=en}}
= Controversy =
On 23 April 2008, the Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission sued Sheikh Selim for corruption at the Ramna Police Station. He secured bail from the High Court on 16 September 2008.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-55052 |title=Sheikh Selim, Abbas, Babar granted bail |date=2008-09-16 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-02-19 |language=en}} The High Court, in September, stayed proceeding of the case against Selim. On 24 October 2010, the Supreme Court stayed the High Court order, allowing the case to proceed.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-159836 |title=SC clears way for trial of 3 graft cases |date=2010-10-25 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-02-19 |language=en}}
Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, him home in Banani was vandalized and burned down in February 2025.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-07 |title=শেখ সেলিমের বনানীর বাসায় আগুন |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/capital/lr9d2u5fjz |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Prothomalo |language=bn}}
Personal life
Selim is married and his in-laws are a zamindar family of Muslim Chowdhuries from Daudkandi. His eldest son Sheikh Fazle Fahim served as president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries and is married to the daughter of businessman Moosa Bin Shamsher.{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/business/sheikh-fazle-fahim-named-fbcci-president-after-unopposed-election |title=Sheikh Fazle Fahim named FBCCI president after unopposed election |date=2019-04-29 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en |access-date=2020-12-23}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.arthosuchak.com/archives/133880/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0/ |script-title=bn:এবার প্রিন্স মুসার সহকারীকে তলব |date=2014-12-14 |work=Arthosuchak |language=bn |access-date=2020-12-23}} Another son, Sheikh Nayem, is married to the daughter of BNP politician Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/special/2014/12/18/50542 |script-title=bn:আত্মীয়তার যত বন্ধনে বিএনপি আওয়ামী লীগ |date=2014-12-16 |work=Bangladesh Pratidin |language=bn |access-date=2020-12-23 |archive-date=2019-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321081612/http://www.bd-pratidin.com/special/2014/12/18/50542 |url-status=dead}} One of Selim's grandsons, Zayan Chowdhary, died in the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings. The child's father, Moshiul Haque Chowdhary, was wounded, though his mother, Selim's daughter Sheikh Amina Sultana Sonia, was unharmed.{{cite news |title=Sheikh Selim's minor grandson dies in Sri Lanka bombings |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/sheikh-selims-minor-grandson-dies-in-sri-lanka-bombings |access-date=22 April 2019 |work=bdnews24.com |date=22 April 2019}}
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Category:People from Gopalganj District, Bangladesh
Category:Politicians from Dhaka Division
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