Shawkat Chowdhury (born 1 August 1963) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

member representing the

Nilphamari-4 Nilphamari-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ahsan Adelur Rahman of the Jatiya Party (Ershad). Boundaries The constituency encompasses Saidpur and Kishoreganj upazilas. His ...

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. In 2017, he was imprisoned for defaulting on 1.34 billion taka loan from

Bangladesh Commerce Bank Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited is a private sector commercial bank in Bangladesh. History The bank can trace its origins to the former Bangladesh Commerce and Investment Limited, set up on 27 January 1986. It was a non-bank financial instituti ...

References

Living people 1963 births Jatiya Party politicians 10th Jatiya Sangsad members Bangladeshi politicians convicted of crimes Prisoners and detainees of Bangladesh Place of birth missing (living people) {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub