Mohammed Abdus Shahid | |
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মোঃ আব্দুস শহীদ | |
Minister of Agriculture | |
Assumed office 11 January 2024 | |
Preceded by | Mohammad Abdur Razzaque |
Member of parliament | |
Assumed office 12 June 1996 | |
Preceded by | Shafiqur Rahman |
Constituency | Moulvibazar-4 |
In office 5 March 1991 – 24 November 1995 | |
Preceded by | Ahad Miah |
Succeeded by | Shafiqur Rahman |
6th Chief Whip of Jatiya Sangsad | |
In office 25 January 2009 – 24 January 2014 | |
Speaker | |
Preceded by | Khandaker Delwar Hossain |
Succeeded by | A. S. M. Feroz |
Personal details | |
Born | Sylhet, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan | 1 January 1948
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Mohammed Abdus Shahid (born 1 January 1948) [1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Minister of Agriculture of Bangladesh. [2] [3] [4] [5] He has been elected member of parliament 7 consecutive times from Moulvibazar-4. [6] [7] He was the former Chief Whip of the ruling party in the 9th National Parliament. [8]
Abdus Shahid was born on 1 January 1948. He has a master's degree in communication. [9]
Abdus Shahid was elected to Parliament in 1991, 1996, 2001, 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024 from Moulvibazar-4 constituency as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. He was the previously the Chief Whip of the opposition when Awami League was the opposition party. [10] [11] He was also a former president of Moulvibazar District Awami League.