| Shaukat Mahmood | |
|---|---|
| শওকত মাহমুদ | |
 Mahmood in 2010 | |
| Born | (1959-07-29) 29 July 1959 (age 65) district Comilla, Upazila Brahmanpara, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Education | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation(s) | Newspaper editor, political advisor |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party Insaf Party |
| Spouse | Ferdousi Mahmood |
Shaukat Mahmood (born 29 July 1959; also spelled as Shawkat Mahmud) is a Bangladeshi journalist and politician.
He was president of the National Press Club.
At The 5th National Council of Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 8 December 2009, Shaukat Mahmood became an adviser to the party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Later the party named him as a vice chairman of the 6th council in August 2016.
Early life and education
Mahmood graduated from mass communication and journalism in the Dhaka University in 1980. He was awarded the fellowship of Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Boston.
Career in journalism
Mahmood's early career in journalism comprises his association as a senior staff reporter with one of the oldest left-leaning Bengali newspaper, The Sangbad. He also served as a senior journalist as well as in the panels of editorial of the dailies Dinkal, Amar Desh, Amader Shomoy and Matribhumi.
As a journalist Shaukat Mahmood presently serves as editor of Weekly Economic Times and has been an adviser of Channel One, which was shut down by the government on 27 April 2010. Mahmood was elected as the general secretary of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) along with Ruhul A Gazi, special correspondent of The Daily Sangram, elected as the president.
In 1990 Mahmood was elected as General Secretary of the National Press Club, Dhaka. He served two consecutive terms as the general secretary. Another two terms of his being GS came in 2002 and he again held the post until 2006. In 2007, Shaukat Mahmood was elected as the president of National Press Club. The tenure ended as he stepped aside from running in the immediate next election in 2011. Mahmood presently serves as the editor of 1995-established Weekly Economic Times. He is also actively serving as an adviser of the Weekly Ekhon editorial panel.
Politics
Mahmood's official entry into politics took place after the party's December 2008 council named him as an adviser to the chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
- After being appointed as Advisor to the former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, the duty was included in the Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the 6th Council after performing this duty. Earlier, from 2012 to 2016, His own, Upazila's Brahmanpura unit of Comilla was the convenor of the BNP.....
Upon the appointment, Mahmood actively took part in the grass-root conferences of the party in Khulna, Jessore, Barisal and Mymensingh.
Mahmood was nominated as a vice-chairman of BNP at the 6th party council held in August 2016.
References
- "BNP expels its vice chairman Shaukat Mahmood". UNB. 21 March 2023.
- বিএনপি কমিটি-'কাঁচা' হাত-'পাকা' হাত. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 20 August 2016.
- "Fletcher Alumni, Fall'09" (PDF). The Fletcher School, Tufts University. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2011.
- চ্যানেল ওয়ান বন্ধ [Channel One Off]. Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 27 April 2010. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012.
- বিএফইউজে নির্বাচন: রুহুল সভাপতি, শওকত মহাসচিব [Shaukat Elected BFUJ Secretary-General]. Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 20 March 2011. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011.
- "Highlights : 5th BNP Council". Focus Bangla. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
- News Feed of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party website Archived 31 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- সাংবাদিক থেকে রাজনীতিবিদ [From journalists to politicians]. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali).