Shajahan Chowdhury (Chittagong politician)

For other people with the same name, see Shahjahan Chowdhury (disambiguation).

Shajahan Chowdhury (Bengali: শাজাহান চৌধুরী) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former MP from the Chittagong-14 constituency and former Ameer of Chittagong Metropolitan unit of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.^[1]

Shajahan Chowdhury
শাজাহান চৌধুরী
Member of Parliament
In office 20 March 1991 – 30 March 1996
Preceded by	Ibrahim Bin Khalil
Succeeded by	Oli Ahmad
Constituency	Chittagong-14
In office 1 October 2001 – 29 October 2006
Preceded by	Oli Ahmad
Succeeded by	Shamsul Islam
Constituency	Chittagong-14
Personal details
Born	Satkania, Chittagong, East Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Main interest(s)	History of Islam Pan-Islamism
Religious life
Denomination	Sunni

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Chittagong-14 as a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate in 1991 and 2001.^[2]

Chowdhury was arrested on 1 May 2019. According to the local police, there had been 50 violence cases against him.^[3]