Full Name: Shajahan Khan

Affiliation: Bangladesh Awami League

Current Position: Presidium Member

Date of Birth: January 01, 1952

Place of Birth: Bangladesh

Home District: Madaripur

Constituency: 219, Madaripur-2

Term: Seventh (3rd-1986, 5th-1991, 7th-1996, 8th-2001, 9th-2008, 10th-2014, 11th-2018)

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Profile:

Shajahan Khan (born 1 January 1952) is a Bangladeshi politician, former minister and incumbent Member of Parliament of Madaripur-2 constituency. Khan was born to Asmat Ali Khan, a politician and educationist, and Tajan Nesa Begum. 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. He served as the minister of shipping of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2019.

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. He was a Mukti Bahini member. He received military-training in Dehradun,India.

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

Khan is currently a 7 times elected Parliament Member (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.

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. He is serving as a Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Liberation War Affairs.

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. He has been criticized for defending drivers violating traffic laws. 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. He has supported CBA leaders at Bangladesh Bank worrying officers at the bank. He was criticized over the recruitment at Chittagong port by government MP Moin Uddin Khan Badal and opposition party MP Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu.

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. Following his remark, countrywide protests and road blockades were held by the students demanding a sincere apology. He later apologized for his remarks.

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