Shah Mohammad Abu Zafar


Shah Muhammad Abu Zafar was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a 3-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Faridpur-1 constituency.

Career

Zafar joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2003 from Jatiya Party. He decided to contest the 30 August 2005 Faridpur-1 by election as an independent candidate after failing to get the Bangladesh Nationalist Party nomination. The by elections were called after Kazi Sirajul Islam, the Bangladesh Awami League member of parliament, joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. On 10 August 2005, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party withdrew its nomination of Kazi Sirajul Islam and gave its nomination to Zafar. He won the by election and was sworn into office on 5 September 2005 by Speaker Jamiruddin Sarkar. He was nominated to contest the Faridpur-1 election by Bangladesh Nationalist Party.