Mohammed Shahabuddin
Mohammed Shahabuddin is a Bangladeshi jurist, civil servant, and politician who is the 16th and incumbent President of Bangladesh. He was elected unopposed in the 2023 presidential election in the nomination of the ruling Awami League. Prior to his presidency, he served as a district and sessions judge and a commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission from 2011 to 2016.
Some of the key events about Mohammed Shahabuddin
- 1989Charged with murder for the first time
- 1990Won election to the Bihar Legislative Assembly for the first time
- 1995Re-elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly
- 1996Convicted in a double murder case and sentenced to life imprisonment
- 2000Elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly for a third consecutive term
- 2001Accused of orchestrating the murder of a political rival from prison
- 2004Won election to the Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian Parliament)
- 2004Charged with the murder of a journalist
- 2005Re-elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly
- 2005Convicted in absentia for the murder of a Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation leader
- 2007Sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for attempted murder of a police officer
- 2009Re-elected to the Lok Sabha
- 2009Convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the abduction and murder of two brothers
- 2010Established a strong political base in Siwan district
- 2015Continued to influence local politics from prison
- 2015Charged with the murder of a witness in a criminal case against him
- 2016Secured victory for his wife in the Bihar Legislative Assembly election
- 2016Disqualified from contesting elections due to criminal convictions
- 2017Formed alliances with other political parties to maintain influence
- 2017Sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of two brothers in 2004
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