Md. Abdus Shahid

Mohammed Abdus Shahid
Born	(1948-01-01) January 1, 1948
Occupation	Politician
Years active	1991–present
Known for	Member of Jatiya Sangsad for Moulvibazar-4, Chief Whip of Jatiya Sangsad, Minister of Agriculture

Mohammed Abdus Shahid (born 1 January 1948) is a politician affiliated with the Bangladesh Awami League and a former agriculture minister. He represented the Moulvibazar-4 constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad for seven consecutive terms. During the 9th parliamentary session, Shahid also served as the ruling party's chief whip.

Early life

Born on 1 January 1948, Abdus Shahid completed a master's degree specializing in communication.

Career

Shahid's parliamentary journey began in 1991 when he was elected from Moulvibazar-4 as an Awami League nominee, obtaining 75,321 votes against Ahad Miah of the Jatiya Party. He secured re-election in June 1996 with 91,811 votes and again in 2001 with 96,329 votes, during which he held the role of opposition chief whip.

In the 2008 election, he boosted his vote tally to 131,740. At that time, he reported business earnings of approximately 200 thousand and served as chairman of Global Link Limited. Subsequently, he was named chief whip of the Jatiya Sangsad. Amid an opposition boycott, Shahid was elected unopposed in the 2014 polls.

He achieved victory once more in 2018 with a total of 211,613 votes and participated as a member of the Parliamentary standing committee overseeing the Ministry of Finance. Although he initiated the development of a new academic facility at Abul Fazal Chowdhury High School in 2018, construction remained unfinished by 2023.

Following his re-election in 2024, Shahid assumed the office of Minister of Agriculture and prioritized anti-corruption initiatives. After the Awami League government fell in October 2024, he was detained and placed under a four-day remand connected to a bus driver's death amid anti-government demonstrations. The Anti-Corruption Commission has opened an inquiry involving Shahid.