Shahiduzzaman Sarker
Member of Parliament
Personal details
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
RelationsAbbas Ali Mandal (father-in-law)

Shahiduzzaman Sarker (Bengali: মোঃ শহীদুজ্জামান সরকার) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament. He is served as the Whip of Treasury Bench of the Parliament of Bangladesh.[1] On 1 May 2020, he became the first member of the Bangladesh Parliament to test positive for COVID-19.[2]

Early life

Sarkar was born on 13 December 1955.[3]

Career

Sarker was elected to Parliament from Naogaon-2 in 1991 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League.[4] He was elected to Parliament again in 2008 from Naogaon-2.[5] He was elected unopposed in 2014 after the main opposition, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, boycotted the election.[6] He was made a Parliamentary whip on 25 January 2014.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Banks warned against funding militancy". The Daily Star. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "MP, 3 police, 1 Ansar test positive for COVID-19 in Bangladesh". New Age. 1 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Md. Shahiduzzaman Sarker". Amarmp. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001". Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics. 29 December 2008. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". amardesh.com. Amar Desh Online. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "AL closer to majority before voting". archive.newagebd.net. New Age. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Feroz made chief whip". The Daily Star. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2018.


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