Sheikh Helal Uddin

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Sheikh Helal Uddin
শেখ হেলাল উদ্দিন
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
September 1996
Parent
Relatives Tungipara Sheikh family

Sheikh Helal Uddin is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and member of parliament from Bagerhat-1. [1]

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Early life

Sheikh Helal was born on 1 January 1961. He studied up to H.S.C. or grade 12. [2] His father Sheikh Naser was the younger brother of Sheikh Mujib, the first president of Bangladesh, who was killed in assassination of Sheikh Mujib. [3] He is the cousin of Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. [4]

Career

Sheikh Helal's election rally in Mollahat Upazila in 2001 was bombed by members Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami. [5] He was elected to Parliament from Bagerhat-1 in 1996 in a by-election after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina abdicated the seat. She was elected in 3 seats. He was re-elected in 2001 from Bagerhat-1. [6] In 2008, Sheikh Hasina won the election from Bagerhat-1, Rangpur-6, and Gopalganj-3 but vacated Bagerhat-1 and Rangpur-6. He won the Bagerhat-1 election in April 2009 unopposed after the other two candidates were disqualified by Bangladesh Election Commission. [7] He was re-elected in Bagerhat-1 in 2014. [8] [9]

Personal life

Sheikh Helal's son, Sheikh Sharhan Naser Tonmoy(Sheikh Tonmoy), is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and is the new member of parliament who was elected from 2018 election from Bagerhat-2. [10] [11] He is married to Rupa Chowdhury. [12] His brother, Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel, is the member of parliament from Khulna-2. [13]

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  11. ↑ "Two new Bangabandhu family members to contest general polls". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
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