Shawkat Momen Shahjahan | |
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শওকত মোমেন শাহজাহান | |
| Member of Bangladesh Parliament | |
| In office 25 January 2009 –20 January 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Kader Siddique |
| Succeeded by | Anupam Shahjahan |
| Constituency | Tangail-8 |
| In office 1999–2001 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Kader Siddique |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Kader Siddique |
| Constituency | Tangail-8 |
| In office 1986–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Morshed Ali Khan Panni |
| Succeeded by | Morshed Ali Khan Panni |
| Constituency | Tangail-8 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 Sakhipur,Tangail,Bangladesh |
| Died | 20 January 2014 (aged 62–63) |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Children | Anupam Shahjahan Joy |
Shawkat Momen Shahjahan was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Member of Parliament. [1]
Shajahan was born in 1951. He studied at the Bangladesh Agriculture University in Mymensingh. He worked as a lecturer in Bangladesh Agriculture University after graduating. Later he married Shobnam Momtaz,and had a child,Anupam Shahjahan Joy,the current MP of Tangail-8. [2]
Shahjahan was elected to Parliament in 1986 Tangail-8 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. He won the by-poll in 1999 from Tangail-8 and was re-elected again in December 2008 General elections. He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Agriculture Ministry. [2] He was elected unopposed in the 10th parliamentary election on 5 January 2014. [3] He has called on the government of Bangladesh to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord to avert violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. [4]
Shahjahan died on 20 January 2014. [2] His constituency,Tangail-8,fail vacant after his death. On 29 March 2014,by-elections were held and his son,Anupam Shahjahan Joy,was elected to Parliament. [5]