Sheikh Shahidul Islam
Minister of Education
In office
January 1989 – January 1990
Preceded byAnisul Islam Mahmud
Succeeded byKazi Zafar Ahmed[1]
Personal details
Political partyJatiya Party (Manju)

Sheikh Shahidul Islam is a Bangladeshi politician who was elected to parliament for Madaripur-3 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986, and served as Minister for Education, Public Works, Youth and Sports from 1984 to 1990.[2] He is the current secretary general of the Jatiya Party (Manju).

Career

In 1972 and 1975 he headed the Jatiya Chhatra League, the student front, of the BAKSAL government of Bangladesh.[3] Islam was the Minister of Education from January 1989 to May 1990.[1] Since 2008 he is the secretary general of the Jatiya Party fraction lead by Anwar Hossain Manju.[4][5]

Personal life

His uncle was the first president of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[3] He is married to Yasmin.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Rahman, Syedur (27 April 2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 320. ISBN 9780810874534. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  2. ↑ The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth. General Council of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. 1989. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 Dowlah, Caf (19 October 2016). The Bangladesh Liberation War, the Sheikh Mujib Regime, and Contemporary Controversies. Lexington Books. p. 123. ISBN 9781498534192. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Lansford, Tom (24 March 2015). Political Handbook of the World 2015. CQ Press. ISBN 9781483371559.
  5. ↑ "Manju, Shahidul made chairman, secretary of JP (Manju)". The Daily Star. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  6. ↑ Zaman, Habibuz (1999). Seventy Years in a Shaky Subcontinent. Janus Publishing Company. p. 364. ISBN 978-1-85756-405-1.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.