page_title: List of people from Sylhet
section_title: Bangladesh
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Sylhet / Politics and government / Bangladesh
caption_attribution_description: English: Syed JR Mudassir Husain
context_page_description: This is a list of notable residents and people who have origins in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh and the Barak Valley of the Indian state of Assam. This list also includes British Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi Americans, Bangladeshi Canadians, and other non-resident Bengalis who have origins in Greater Sylhet. The people may also be known as Sylheti.
context_section_description: Abdul Hakeem Chowdhury, East Pakistan Provincial council and National Assembly
  Abdul Haque, former Land Administration and Reforms Minister
  Abdul Majid Khan, former MP for Habiganj-2
  Abdul Mannan, Minister of Planning
  Abdul Matin, former MP for Maulvibazar-2
  Abdul Munim Chowdhury, former MP for Habiganj-1
  Abdur Raees, East Pakistan Provincial council and National Assembly
  Abdus Samad Azad, former Foreign Minister of Bangladesh
  Abdus Shahid, former chief whip for Bangladesh Awami League
  Abu Lais Md. Mubin Chowdhury, former MP for Habiganj-3
  Abu Zahir, former MP for Habiganj-3
  Abul Hasnat Md. Abdul Hai, former member of the Jatiya Sangsad
  AK Abdul Momen, Minister of Foreign Affairs
  Ariful Haque Choudhury, Mayor of Sylhet
  Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran, former Mayor of Sylhet
  Barun Roy, former MP for Sunamganj-1
  C. M. Shafi Sami, former Bangladeshi diplomat
  Dewan Farid Gazi, former leader of Habiganj-1
  Dildar Hossain Selim, former MP for Sylhet-4
  Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid, former Minister of Social Welfare
  Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder, chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society
  Harris Chowdhury, former MP for Sylhet-5
  Humayun Rashid Choudhury, former speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad, 41st President of the UN General Assembly
  Ilias Ali, Organizing Secretary of the Bangladesh National Party
  Imran Ahmad, former MP
  Joya Sengupta, politician and doctor
  Khandaker Abdul Malik, former MP for Sylhet-1
  Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury, former MP for Sylhet-3
  Mahbub Ali, former MP for Habiganj-4
  Mifta Uddin Chowdhury Rumi, vice-president of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-Sunamganj
  MM Shahin, former MP for Maulvibazar-2
  Moazzem Hossain Ratan, former MP for Sunamganj-1
  Mokabbir Khan, MP for Sylhet-2
  Mohibur Rahman Manik, former MP for Sunamganj-5
  Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury, de facto President and Prime Minister, former Adviser to Iajuddin Ahmed
  Najmul Hasan Zahed, former MP for Habiganj-2
  Naser Rahman, former MP for Maulvibazar-3 and chairman of the Saifur Rahman Foundation
  Nawab Ali Abbas Khan, Jatiya Party politician and three-time MP for Maulvibazar-2
  Nazim Kamran Choudhury, former MP
  Pir Fazlur Rahman, former MP for Sunamganj-4
  Shafiqur Rahman, secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
  Salim Uddin, former MP for Sylhet-5
  Shahab Uddin, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  Shamsher M. Chowdhury, Bangladeshi diplomat and former secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  Sheikh Sujat Mia, former MP for Habiganj-1
  Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed, member of Jatiya Sangsad and previously vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union
  Suranjit Sengupta, former Minister of Railways
  Syed Mohsin Ali, former Minister of Social Welfare
  Syeda Saira Mohsin, former MP for Maulvibazar-3
  Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, energy adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh
  Yahya Chowdhury, former MP for Sylhet-2
caption: J. R. Mudassir Husain served as Chief Justice from 2004 to 2007.
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