Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury

Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury (afwc, psc, te) (born 1959) is a retired Brigadier general of Bangladesh Army who also served as one of the Election Commissioners of Bangladesh^[1] during 2017-2022.

Brigadier General Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury
শাহাদাত হোসেন চৌধুরী
Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
In office 15 February 2017 – 14 February 2022
President	Abdul Hamid
Preceded by	Zabed Ali
Succeeded by	Ahsan Habib Khan
Personal details
Born	(1959-04-01) 1 April 1959 (age 66) Companiganj, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Spouse	Sarwat Chowdhury
Alma mater	Chittagong University Armor School Defence Services Command and Staff College
Profession	Military officer, Election Commissioner
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch/service	Bangladesh Army
Years of service	1982–2010
Rank	Brigadier General
Unit	Armoured Corps
Commands	Commandant of Armoured Corps Centre and School COD of ARTDOC Commander of 93rd Armoured Brigade

Early life

Chowdhury was born in 1959 in Companiganj Upazila of Noakhali district of the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to Ali Imam Chowdhury and Ferdous Ara Begum.^[2] He is the second among his five siblings.^[1] He completed his Secondary School Certificate from Basurhat A. H. C. Government High School in 1974 and Higher Secondary School Certificate from Chittagong College in 1976.^[2] He earned his graduation in Mathematics from Chittagong University.^[1]

Career

On 7 February 2017, President Abdul Hamid appointed Chowdhury to the post of Election Commissioner in the Bangladesh Election Commission under Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda.^[3]

Chowdhury oversaw the 11th parliamentary elections of Bangladesh in 2018.^[4]