Sheikh Afil Uddin is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the

Jessore-1 Jessore-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Sheikh Afil Uddin of the Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for commo ...

constituency.

Early life

Afil Uddin was born on 6 May 1966. His father, Sheikh Akij Uddin, is the founder of

Akij Group Akij Group is one of the largest Bangladeshi industrial conglomerates. The industries under this conglomerate include textiles, tobacco, food & beverage, cement, ceramics, printing and packaging, pharmaceuticals, consumer products etc. In 2009, ...

. He is also related to fellow member of parliament Monirul Islam Monir.

Career

Afil Uddin was elected to parliament in 2008. He was reelected to government in the 5 January 2014 elections unopposed. In the elections, a voice recording of his emerged in which he appeared to instruct fellow Awami League candidates on how to rig the elections. Afil Uddin was re-elected in 2018 with 325,793 votes from Jessore-2 while his nearest rival, Abu Sayed Muhammad Shahadat Hussain of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 13,940 votes.

References

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