Shajahan Khan

Shajahan Khan (born 1 January 1952)[1] is a Bangladeshi politician, member of Jatiya Sangsad from Madaripur-1 constituency. He served as the minister of shipping of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2019.[2]

Shajahan Khan
শাজাহান খাঁন
Khan in 2015
Jatiya Sangsad member from Madaripur-2
Assumed office
June 1996
Preceded byQazi Mahabub Ahmed
Minister of Shipping
In office
31 July 2009 – 7 January 2019
Preceded byAkbar Hossain
Succeeded byKhalid Mahmud Chowdhury
Ministry of Liberation War Affairs
In office
21 November 2013 – 5 January 2014
Succeeded byMozammel Haque
Personal details
Born (1952-01-01) 1 January 1952
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
FatherAsmat Ali Khan

Early life

Khan was born on 1 January 1952 to Asmat Ali Khan, a politician and educationist, and Tajan Nesa Begum.[1] He passed the S.S.C examination from United Islamia High School, Madaripur in 1966 and H.S.C from Madaripur Nazimuddin College in 1968. He obtained his bachelor's from Govt. Nazimuddin College.[1]

Career

Khan joined politics in 1964. He was elected as the secretary of Chhatra League in Madaripur subdivision. Later he was elected as the secretary general (1966-67) and vice-president (1968-69) of Govt. Nazimuddin College.[1] He was a Mukti Bahini member. He received military-training in Dehradun, India.[1]

Khan is the current vice-president of Jatiya Sramik League and executive president of Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation.[1]

Khan is currently a 7 times elected MP. He was first elected in The National Parliament in 1986, as the MP of Madaripur-2 constituency. Later in 1991, 1996, 2001, 2008, 2014 and 2018 he has been elected as an MP from the same seat as the nominee of Bangladesh Awami League.[3]

On 31 July 2009, Khan was appointed as Minister of Shipping. In November 2013, he was appointed in the Interim government as the Minister of Liberation War Affairs. Following the election of 2014, he left that ministry and took up the responsibility of the Ministry of Shipping and held the office until January 2019.[4][5]

Controversy
See also: 2018 Bangladesh road safety protests

On 23 August 2011, transport workers loyal to Khan snatched newspapers from hawkers and transport vehicles because the newspapers criticized the role Khan played in granting driving licenses.[6] He has been criticised for defending drivers violating traffic laws.[7][8] As the Minister of Shipping, he defended chief engineer of the Department of Shipping AKM Fakhrul Islam and protected him from departmental action. Islam was arrested on 11 August 2017 by Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission with half a million taka in bribe.[9] He has supported CBA leaders at Bangladesh Bank worrying officers at the bank.[10] He was criticised over the recruitment at Chittagong port by government MP Moin Uddin Khan Badal and opposition party MP Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu.[11]

On 29 July 2018, Khan was criticized for commenting lightheartedly with a smiley face about a road accident which led to the death of at least two students.[12][13] Following his remark, countrywide protests and road blockades were held by the students demanding a sincere apology.[14] He later apologised for his remarks.[15]

Personal life

Khan has been married to Syeda Rokeya Begum since 1984.[16] She is a daughter of journalist Syed Golam Kibria. Khan has two sons and one daughter. Eldest of them Asib Khan is an Advocate and likely to take over his fathers(Khans) position after Khan. [16]

References
  1. "Profile - Mr. Shajahan Khan". www.tritiyomatra.com. 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  2. "Minister Shajahan Khan apologises for insensitive remarks about deaths of students in crash". Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  3. "Shajahan Khan -শাজাহান খান Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  4. "Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan urges workers to be vigilant against radicals". Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  5. "Trial run of Payra port starts today". 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  6. "Newspapers snatched". The Daily Star. 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  7. "Kamal Lohani raps Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan for defending errant drivers". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  8. "Transport sector-tied ministers blocking law to stop road accidents: Journalist". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  9. "Shipping Minister Shajahan backed chief engineer arrested on bribery charges". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  10. "Shajahan Khan at it again". The Daily Star. 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  11. "Shipping minister criticised at parliament". The Daily Star. 2017-11-19. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  12. "Outrage over Shajahan's smile, remarks". The Daily Star. 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
  13. "Outrage over Shajahan's smile, remarks". The Daily Star. 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  14. "Grieving students end blockade on Airport Road, place nine-point demand". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  15. "Shajahan Khan offers apology". The Daily Star. 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  16. "Profile" (PDF). Government of Bangladesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
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