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. He is the current secretary general of the
Jatiya Party (Manju)
The Jatiya Party (Manju) (Bengali: জাতীয় পার্টি (মঞ্জু)) (''National Party (Manju))'' is a political party in Bangladesh, led by Anwar Hossain Manju. It is a splinter group of the original Jatiya Party, that ...
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Career
In 1972 and 1975 he headed the
Jatiya Chhatra League, the student front, of the
BAKSAL
Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BaKSAL) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ কৃষক শ্রমিক আওয়ামী লীগ "Bangladesh Worker-Peasant's People's League"; বাকশাল) was a political front comprising B ...
government of Bangladesh.
Islam was the Minister of Education from January 1989 to May 1990.
Since 2008 he is the secretary general of the
Jatiya Party fraction lead by
Anwar Hossain Manju
Anwar Hossain Manju (born 9 February 1944) is a Bangladeshi politician who is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing Pirojpur-2 constituency which consists of Kawkhali, Bhandaria and Zianagar upazilas. He was elected a member of Jat ...
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Personal life
His uncle was the first president of Bangladesh
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengali politi ...
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He is married to Yasmin Islam. They have three children together (2 sons and 1 daughter)
References
Awami League politicians
Living people
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman family
3rd Jatiya Sangsad members
4th Jatiya Sangsad members
Year of birth missing (living people)
Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members
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