Sheikh Shahidul Islam

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|name = Sheikh Shahidul Islam

|office = Minister of Education

|term_start = January 1989

|term_end = January 1990

|predecessor = Anisul Islam Mahmud

|successor = Kazi Zafar Ahmed

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|relatives=Sheikh family of Tungipara

|party = Jatiya Party (Manju)

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Sheikh Shahidul Islam is a Bangladeshi politician who was elected to parliament for Madaripur-3 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988, and served as a minister for Education, Public Works, Youth and Sports from 1985 to 1990.{{cite book|title=The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth|year=1989|publisher=General Council of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7B1GAQAAIAAJ&q=Sheikh+Shahidul+Islam|access-date=18 January 2017|language=en}} He is the current secretary general of the Jatiya Party (Manju).

Early life

Islam was born on 29 September 1948 to the Sheikh family of Tungipara in Gopalganj, Faridpur district, East Bengal. Through his parents, Sheikh Mohammad Musa and Sheikh Zinnatunnesa, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is his uncle and Begum Fazilatunnessa Mujib is his maternal aunt.

Career

During the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971, Islam was trained in Dehradun and returned to Bangladesh to lead a platoon of Mujib Bahini. He was appointed as Chief of Greater Faridpur region.

In 1973, Islam was elected as the President of Bangladesh Chatra League. Following formation of Bakshal in 1975, he was nominated as the Secretary General of its students wing Jatiya Chhatra League.{{cite book|last1=Dowlah|first1=Caf|title=The Bangladesh Liberation War, the Sheikh Mujib Regime, and Contemporary Controversies|date=19 October 2016|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=9781498534192|pages=123|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MIhwDQAAQBAJ&dq=Sheikh+Shahidul+Islam&pg=PA123|access-date=18 January 2017|language=en}}

Islam joined Jatiya Party in 1983 and was the founding President of its Youth wing Jatiyo Jubo Shanghati. In 1985, President Hussain Mohammad Ershad inducted him into the cabinet as deputy minister of Youth and Sports. In 1987, he was appointed as Minister of Public Works and in 1988, he was appointed as Minister of Education. During his period as Minister of Education, Islam was the first to introduce free education for women in Bangladesh. He also founded the Bangladesh National University and introduced private University concept in Bangladesh. In May 1990, He was appointed as Minister for Jute, a role he held till the cabinet was dissolved in December 1990.{{cite book|last1=Rahman|first1=Syedur|title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh|date=27 April 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810874534|pages=320|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&dq=Sheikh+Shahidul+Islam&pg=PA320|access-date=18 January 2017|language=en}}

Since 2008, Islam is the secretary general of the Jatiya Party fraction led by Anwar Hossain Manju.{{cite book|last1=Lansford|first1=Tom|title=Political Handbook of the World 2015|date=24 March 2015|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=9781483371559|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNGfBwAAQBAJ&dq=Sheikh+Shahidul+Islam&pg=PT515|language=en}}{{cite news |title=Manju, Shahidul made chairman, secretary of JP (Manju) |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/manju-shahidul-made-chairman-secretary-jp-manju-1206700 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=9 April 2016 |access-date=18 January 2017|language=en}}

Islam is a regular participant of different talk shows in different Bangladeshi TV channels. He is a regular contributor in Tritiyo Matra.{{Cite web |title=Profile - Sheikh Shahidul Islam |url=https://www.tritiyomatra.com/profile/195 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=www.tritiyomatra.com |language=en}}

Personal life

Islam's uncle was the first president of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He is married to Yasmin.{{cite book |last1=Zaman |first1=Habibuz |year=1999 |title=Seventy Years in a Shaky Subcontinent |publisher=Janus Publishing Company |page=364 |isbn=978-1-85756-405-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6phSu0SDeY0C&dq=Sheikh+Shahidul+Islam&pg=PA364 |language=en}}

References

Category:Awami League politicians

Category:Living people

Category:Tungipara Sheikh family

Category:3rd Jatiya Sangsad members

Category:4th Jatiya Sangsad members

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members