Sheikh Shahidul Islam

Sheikh Shahidul Islam is a former Cabinet Minister for Education, Public Works, Youth and Sports and Jute between 1985 and 1990. He is also a former Member of Parliament, elected twice in 1986 and 1988 from Madaripur-3 constituency. He is the current Secretary General of the Jatiya Party (JP), a Centre-left political party of Bangladesh.[2]. Mr Islam also a successful businessperson and he consults in trading, ready made garments industry and real estate.

Not to be confused with Sheikh Sahidul Islam.
Sheikh Shahidul Islam
Minister of Education
In office
January 1989 – January 1990
Preceded byAnisul Islam Mahmud
Succeeded byKazi Zafar Ahmed[1]
Personal details
Political partyJatiya Party (Manju)

Career

Mr Islam started his political career as a student politician in the 60s, taking an active part in the historic "Choy Dafa" six point movement and he was imprisoned in 1966 by the then Pakistan Government as a political detainee. He wrote the proclamation of independence that the student leaders read out on 2 March 1971 when General Yahya Khan illegally suspended the parliament session, disenfranchising the people of East Pakistan. Following the brutal genocide of Pakistan Army on the night of 25 March 1971, Mr Islam joined the liberation forces of Bangladesh. He underwent short-term officer's training course in Dehradun, India and then commanded a section of the liberation force called Mujib Bahini.


Following the victory against Pakistan on 16 December 1971 and the birth of Bangladesh, Banglabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman appointed Mr Islam as the Press Secretary of the Prime Minister in 1972. He decided to resign from the Government of Bangladesh service to rejoin Bangladesh Chattro League (Bangladesh Student League), the student front of ruling Awami League. He was elected as the President of Bangladesh Students League for 1973-74 term. In 1975 he was appointed as the Secretary General of the Jatiya Chhatra League, the student front, of the BAKSAL government of Bangladesh.[3]


Islam was the Minister of Education from January 1989 to May 1990.[1] Since 2008 he is the secretary general of the Jatiya Party fraction lead by Anwar Hossain Manju.[4][5]

Personal life

His uncle (the husband of his mother's sister Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib) was the first president of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Sheikh Hasina is his first-cousin.[3] He is married to Yasmin Islam. They have three children together (2 sons and 1 daughter).[6]

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References
  1. Rahman, Syedur. Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 320. ISBN 9780810874534. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  2. The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth. General Council of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  3. Dowlah, Caf. The Bangladesh Liberation War, the Sheikh Mujib Regime, and Contemporary Controversies. Lexington Books. p. 123. ISBN 9781498534192. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. Lansford, Tom. Political Handbook of the World 2015. CQ Press. ISBN 9781483371559.
  5. "Manju, Shahidul made chairman, secretary of JP (Manju)". The Daily Star. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  6. Zaman, Habibuz. Seventy Years in a Shaky Subcontinent. Janus Publishing Company Lim. p. 264. ISBN 9781857564051.


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