Shawkat Momen Shahjahan

Shawkat Momen Shahjahan was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Member of Parliament.[1]

Shawkat Momen Shahjahan
Member of Parliament
Personal details
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Early life

Shajahan was born in 1951. He studied at the Bangladesh Agriculture University in Mymensingh. He worked as a lecturer in Bangladesh Agriculture University after graduating.[2]

Career

Shahjahan was elected to Parliament in 1986 Tangail-8 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. He won the by-poll in 1999 from Tangail-8 and was re-elected again in December 2008 General elections. He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Agriculture Ministry.[2] He was elected unopposed in the 10th parliamentary election on 5 January 2014.[3] He has called on the government of Bangladesh to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord to avert violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region.[4]

Death and legacy

Shahjahan died on 20 January 2014.[2] His constituency, Tangail-8, fail vacant after his death. On 29 March 2014, by-elections were held and his son, Anupam Shahjahan Joy, was elected to Parliament.[5]

References
  1. "'Stress-tolerant crops can make Bangladesh rice surplus country'". The Daily Star. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. "Tangail-8 MP dies". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. "Shawkat Momen Shahjahan, MP, buried at Sakhipur". bssnews.net. BSS. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  4. "Constitutional anomalies to go if elected again: Inu". The Daily Star. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  5. "Anupam sworn in as Tangail-8 MP". The Daily Star. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2018.


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