Shawkat Chowdhury
শওকত চৌধুরী
Member of Parliament
for Nilphamari-4
In office
29 January 2014  28 January 2019
Preceded byA. A. Maruf Saklain
Succeeded byAhsan Adelur Rahman
Personal details
Born (1963-08-01) 1 August 1963
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyJatiya Party

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.

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]

References

  1. "Constituency 15_10th_En". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  2. "Nilphamari-4: JP leader 'asks' followers to support BNP candidate". The Daily Star. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. "MP Shawkat must pay Tk 50 million to retain bail". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. "MP Shawkat's bail to be scrapped if he doesn't pay Tk25cr". The Daily Star. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2019.


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