Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury

Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury (born 13 July 1962)^[1] is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Faridpur-2 constituency elected at the 2022 by-polls.^[2][3] The seat became vacant when then incumbent, Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, also his mother, died in office on 11 September 2022.^[4]

Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury
শাহদাব আকবর চৌধুরী
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Faridpur-2
In office 15 November 2022 – 6 August 2024
Preceded by	Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury
Personal details
Born	(1962-07-13) 13 July 1962 (age 62)
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Bangladesh Awami League
Parents	Golam Akbar Chowdhury (father) Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury (mother)

Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury is also known as Labu Chowdhury ^[5]

Background

Shahdab was born to Golam Akbar Chowdhury (d. 2015) and Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury (d. 2022).^[6]

Political career

At the bypoll election held on 5 November 2022, Chowdhury received 68,812 votes out of the 83,690, while his only opponent, Zainul Abedin Bakul Miah of Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan got 14,878.^[4]