Muhammad Shahrin Islam Chowdhury ( bn, মোহাম্মদ শাহরিন ইসলাম চৌধুরী), also known by his

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Tuhin ( bn, তুহিন), is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and former Member of Parliament for

Nilphamari-1 Nilphamari-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Aftab Uddin Sarkar of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dimla and Domar upazilas. History The consti ...

. He is the nephew of former

Prime Minister of Bangladesh The Prime Minister of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী, translit=Bangladesher Prodhanmontri), officially Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজা� ...

Khaleda Zia.

Early life and family

Shahrin Islam Tuhin was born in Rajshahi, to a Bengali Muslim family. His ancestral home is in the village of Gomnati,

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, Nilphamari District. His father,

Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury (died 14 October 2008) was a Bangladesh academic and political scientist. He served as the 9th vice-chancellor of the University of Chittagong The University of Chittagong ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বিশ� ...

, was a professor of economics and dean at the University of Rajshahi. Tuhin's mother, Shelina Islam, is the eldest sister of former

Khaleda Zia and the descendant of Murad Khan, a 16th-century

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immigrant.

Career

Tuhin formerly served as the president of the Nilphamari District branch of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, a political party founded by President

Ziaur Rahman Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup d' ...

, the husband of his maternal aunt. He took part in the February 1996 Bangladeshi general election as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate, and successfully won a seat in parliament for the

constituency. He also competed in the elections of June 1996 and

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, but was unable to win a seat in either. In 2016, Tuhin was made a member of the executive committee in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

References

Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 6th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) People from Nilphamari District 21st-century Bengalis Bangladeshi people of Middle Eastern descent {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub