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Sheikh Afil Uddin

Sheikh Afil Uddin

Bangladeshi politician

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

Quick Facts Member of Parliament, Preceded by ...

Early life

Afil 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

Afil 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]

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


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