Shafiqur Rahman
Profile
- Party
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Constituency
- Dhaka-15
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- ৳14,999,474
- Criminal cases
- 1
- Education
- SSC Baramachal High School (1974); HSC Murari Chand College, Sylhet (1976); MBBS Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College (1983)
- Cabinet role
- —
Active opposition leader: repeatedly walking out of parliament over governance and legislative process disputes while maintaining public commitment to working 'from within'; conducting international diplomacy (Japan May 2026) as de facto foreign-relations voice of opposition
Recent activity
- 2026-05-09 international Returned from 7-day official visit to Japan (May 2-9); met Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shimada Tomoki; discussions centred on investment and development cooperation ↗↗
- 2026-04-09 vote Led opposition walkout after parliament passed 24 bills in a single session; called the bills 'anti-people' ↗
- 2026-04-08 speech Objected to rushed passage of Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2026 banning Awami League activities, citing insufficient review time; led walkout citing broken consensus over ratification of interim-government ordinances ↗↗
- 2026-04-12 statement Stated Jamaat will remain in parliament as long as it can 'fight from within'; spoke at a discussion with families of July martyrs and fighters at Institution of Diploma Engineers, Kakrail ↗
- 2026-04-01 vote Led opposition walkout over parliament's failure to take up adjournment motion on Constitution Reform Council convening per July Charter ↗
- 2026-03-12 speech Spoke in inaugural session of 13th parliament; congratulated newly elected Speaker; called for parliament to be 'dynamic, vibrant and effective'; pledged Jamaat's constructive opposition role ↗
Provenance & notes
Constituency number 188 confirmed by Wikipedia (Dhaka-15) and multiple election sources -- no discrepancy. Wards 4, 13, 14, 16 of DNCC confirmed by Wikipedia and Dhaka Daily Bangla Post; area descriptions (Kazipara-Kafrul, Mirpur-10, Mirpur-14, Sheorapara-Taltola) drawn from ward geography, not further sub-divided as upazilas do not apply here (this is a city corporation constituency). Vote counts (85,131 winner; 63,517 runner-up; 157,060 total valid) sourced from Wikipedia cross-checked against BSS; derived shares: 85131/157060=54.20%, 63517/157060=40.44%, margin 21614/157060=13.76% -- all verified. Prior term count for Shafiqur Rahman is 1 (first-time MP; lost Moulvibazar-2 in 2001 and Dhaka-15 in 2018 per Wikipedia). Wealth 14,999,474 BDT per income-tax return FY 2025-26 filed with EC (UNB, December 2025 nomination affidavit); annual income 360,000 BDT (300,000 agricultural + 60,000 other). Criminal cases per EC affidavit: 2 cases pending before High Court (stayed); 32 historical cases mostly acquitted/withdrawn including the December 2022 militancy-support charge dropped March 2025. committee_memberships: not yet published by parliament.gov.bd at time of verification. boundary_redrawn_2024 false: constituency established 2008, no 2024 EC delimitation change found.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka-15
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafiqur_Rahman
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360853
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/403265/jamaat-ameer-wins-dhaka-15-seat
- https://unb.com.bd/category/Politics/jamaat-chief-declares-tk-15m-in-assets-modest-annual-income/176239
- https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/2/9/bangladeshs-jamaat-leader-shafiqur-rahman-the-man-everyone-wants-to-meet
- https://www.bssnews.net/js-session/368190
- https://businessinbangladesh.com.bd/opposition-leader-dr-shafiqur-rahman-arrives-in-japan-on-7-day-visit/
- https://www.mofa.go.jp/s_sa/sw/bd/pageite_000001_00001.html
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/politics/news/jamaat-will-stay-parliament-long-it-can-fight-within-shafiqur-4149926