Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury

Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury (Bengali: শাহীনুর পাশা চৌধুরী; born 1985) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sunamganj-3 constituency during 2005–2006. He was elected a member of parliament for the first time in July 2005 after the death of incumbent Abdus Samad Azad, a Awami League Presidium member.[1][2][3]

Mawlana
Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury
Advocate
শাহীনুর পাশা চৌধুরী
Personal
Born1985 (age 37–38)
Patli, Jagannathpur, Sunamganj District, Bangladesh
ReligionIslam
ChildrenChowdhury Fazl-e-Nur Rahat Pasha
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Alma materJamia Qasimul Uloom
Murari Chand College
University of Dhaka
Member of Parliament
for Sunamganj-3
In office
July 2005 – October 2006
Preceded byAbdus Samad Azad
Succeeded byMuhammad Abdul Mannan
Personal details
Political partyJamiat Ulema-e-Islam

Early life and education

Chowdhury was born in 1985 to a Bengali Muslim family in Patli Union, Jagannathpur, Sunamganj District, Bangladesh. He completed a Masters from Hadith studies at the Jamia Qasimul Uloom Madrasa, and then completed a degree at the Murari Chand College. After that, he studied law at the University of Dhaka.[4]

Career

In 1991, Chowdhury was affiliated with Chhatra Jamiat Bangladesh. He was the Central General Secretary. He is the Joint General Secretary of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh. Member of the Parliament elected from Sunamganj-3 constituency. He was elected a member of parliament for the first time after the death of former Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad, a member of the Awami League Presidium in the 2005.[1][2][5]

Chowdhury unsuccessfully contested the 2008 and 2018 elections as a candidate of the four party alliance led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jatiya Oikya Front.[6]

Chowdhury served as the legal affairs secretary of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh in 2019–2020. He is the vice-president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh. On 7 May 2021, he was detained by Criminal Investigation Department from Sylhet following riots by Hefazat during a state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[7][8][9][10]

References
  1. "List of 8th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. শাহিনুর পাশা চৌধুরী (in Bengali). Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. "Shahinur Pasha Chy takes oath". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  4. শাহীনুর পাশা চৌধুরীর বর্ণাঢ্য জীবনী
  5. সুনামগঞ্জ-৩ আসনে প্রার্থীশূন্য বিএনপি. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 2 December 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  6. "Hefazat leader Shahinur Pasha arrested in Sylhet". Dhaka Tribune. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  7. "Hefazat leader Shahinur Pasha arrested in Sylhet". Dhaka Tribune. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  8. "Why Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh led to 12 deaths". BBC News. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  9. "Police arrest Shahinur Chowdhury, a former MP with Hifazat ties". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  10. "Ex-MP sent to jail over Hefajat mayhem". The Daily Star. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
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