Sheikh Selim

Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, better known as Sheikh Selim, is a Bangladeshi member of parliament and a member of the standing committee of Bangladesh Awami League party.[1][2][3]

Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim
শেখ ফজলুল করিম সেলিম
Member of Parliament - Gopalganj-2
In office
1986–1988
Succeeded byFarid Ahmed
In office
1991 – Running
Personal details
Born1947 (age 73–74)
Tungipara, Bangladesh, East Bengal (now Bangladesh)
Nationality Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
ChildrenSheikh Fazle Fahim
RelativesSheikh–Wazed family
ProfessionPolitician

Early life

Selim is the nephew of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, former President of Bangladesh. He is the younger brother of Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani founder of Jubo League.[4] He is a cousin of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[5]

Career

Salim is the current parliamentary representative for the a constituency of Gopalganj-2. He is a Presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League.[6] He has won parliamentary elections from Gopalganj-2 seven times.[7] He served as the Minister for Health and Family Welfare in the First Sheikh Hasina Cabinet.[8] He is the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare Ministry.[9]

Controversy

On 23 April 2008, Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission sued him for corruption with Ramna Police Station. He secured bail from the High Court on 16 September 2008.[10] Bangladesh High Court, in September, stayed proceeding of the case against Selim. On 24 October 2010, Supreme Court stayed the High Court order, allowing the case to proceed.[11]

Personal life

His eldest son Sheikh Fazle Fahim is the current president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries and is married to a daughter of businessman Moosa Bin Shamsher.[12][13] Another son is married to the daughter of BNP politician Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku.[14] One of Selim's grandsons, Zayan Chowdhary, died in the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings. The child's father Moshiul Haque Chowdhary was wounded, though his mother, Selim's daughter Sheikh Amina Sultana Sonia, was unharmed.[15]

References
  1. "AL's 60th founding anniversary today". The Daily Star. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  2. "Prime minister: Stand united to get rid of terrorism". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. "Suranjit slates 'scared' ministers over US ambassador's comments, faces ire". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. "Tributes paid to Sheikh Moni". The Daily Star. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  5. "Hasina regularly took money from magnates". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  6. "AL asks US not interfere in internal issues". The Daily Star. 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  7. "Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim -শেখ ফজলুল করিম সেলিম Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  8. "Opposition has violated Constitution: Minister". The Daily Star. 2000-01-25. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  9. "Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim speaks at a discussion". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  10. "Sheikh Selim, Abbas, Babar granted bail". The Daily Star. 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  11. "SC clears way for trial of 3 graft cases". The Daily Star. 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  12. "Sheikh Fazle Fahim named FBCCI president after unopposed election". Bdnews24.com. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  13. "এবার প্রিন্স মুসার সহকারীকে তলব". Arthosuchak (in Bengali). 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  14. "আত্মীয়তার যত বন্ধনে বিএনপি আওয়ামী লীগ". Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  15. "Sheikh Selim's minor grandson dies in Sri Lanka bombings". bdnews24.com. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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