Syed Didar Bakht

Syed Didar Bakht is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician in Bangladesh and a former member of parliament for Satkhira-1.

Syed Didar Bakht
সৈয়দ দীদার বখত
Member of 4th Jatiya Sangsad
In office 1988–1991
Preceded by	Syed Kamal Bakht
Succeeded by	Ansar Ali
Constituency	Satkhira-1
Personal details
Born	Tetulia, Satkhira, Khulna District
Political party	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Relatives	Syed Kamel Bakht (brother) Syed Kamal Bakht

Early life and family

Bakht was born into a renowned Bengali family of Muslim Syeds also known as the Hashimi family in the village of Tetulia in Tala, Satkhira, Khulna District.^[1] His father was Syed Sharfuddin Hashmey and he was the brother of Syed Kamel Bakht and a relative of Syed Kamal Bakht.

Career

Bakht was elected to parliament from Satkhira-1 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1988.^[2] He served as a state minister in the cabinet of President Hussain Mohammad Ershad. He joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2000. He left the BNP, after failing to get their nomination, and joined the Liberal Democratic Party.^[3][4] He returned to the Jatiya Party and was appointed presidium member.^[5]