Sheikh Afil Uddin

Sheikh Afil Uddin is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Jessore-1.[1]

Sheikh Afil Uddin
Member of Parliament
In office
29 December 2008 – 5 January 2014
Preceded byAli Kadar
Succeeded bySheikh Afil Uddin
In office
14 January 2014 – 7 January 2019
Preceded bySheikh Afil Uddin
Succeeded bySheikh Afil Uddin
Assumed office
30 January 2019
Preceded bySheikh Afil Uddin
Personal details
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Early life

Uddin was born on 6 May 1966.[2] His father, Sheikh Akij Uddin, is the founder of Akij Group.[3] He is also related to fellow member of parliament Monirul Islam Monir.[3]

Career

Uddin was elected to parliament in 2008.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

References
  1. "Blaze at Benapole land port". The Daily Star. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  2. "Sk. Afil Uddin -শেখ আফিল উদ্দিন Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  3. "Akij group director Momin Uddin dies of COVID-19". New Age. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  4. "Shooting of a boy by a lawmaker". The Daily Star. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  5. "An MP's lesson on rigging votes". The Daily Star. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  6. "Jashore-2 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2021-07-08.


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