Shawkat Chowdhury

Shawkat Chowdhury (born 1 August 1963)^[1] is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Nilphamari-4 constituency during 2014–2019.

Shawkat Chowdhury
শওকত চৌধুরী
Member of Parliament for Nilphamari-4
In office 29 January 2014 – 28 January 2019
Preceded by	A. A. Maruf Saklain
Succeeded by	Ahsan Adelur Rahman
Personal details
Born	(1963-08-01) 1 August 1963 (age 61)
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Jatiya Party

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Nilphamari-4 in 2014 as a candidate of the Jatiya Party in an uncontested election.^[2] In 2017, he was imprisoned for defaulting on 1.34 billion taka loan from Bangladesh Commerce Bank.^[3][4]