Full Name: Barrister M Shahjahan Omar

Affiliation: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)

Current Position: Vice Chairman

Date of Birth: December 24, 1947

Place of Birth: Bangladesh

Home District: Jhalokathi

Constituency: 125, Jhalokathi-1

Term: Third (5th-1991, 6th-1996 February, 7th-1996)

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Profile:

Barrister M Shahjahan Omar (born 24 December 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician, Lawyer, Retired Major and former Member of Parliament of Jhalokathi-1 constituency. He is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician and a former State Minister. He is retired Major of the Bangladesh Army and was awarded Bir Uttam. He was a 3-term Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad) member representing the Jhalokati-1 constituency.

Omar worked as a barrister. After the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he pledged allegiance to the new government led by Bangladesh Army officers.

Omar was elected to the parliament as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) from Jhalakati-1 in 2001. He served as the State Minister of Law in the Second Khaleda Zia’s Cabinet.

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