# Sheikh Selim

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**Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim** (born 2 February 1949; known as **Sheikh Selim**)[1] is a Bangladeshi politician who was a 9-term [Member of Parliament](/source/Jatiya_Sangsad) representing the [Gopalganj-2](/source/Gopalganj-2) constituency during 1980–2024. He is a presidium member of the [Bangladesh Awami League](/source/Bangladesh_Awami_League).[2][3][4] He also served as the [minister of health and family welfare](/source/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare_(Bangladesh)) during 1999–2001. He has been in hiding ever since the fall of his cousin [Sheikh Hasina](/source/Sheikh_Hasina)'s government on 5 August 2024.

## Early life and family

Sheikh Selim is the son of Sheikh Nurul Haque and Sheikh Asia Begum, sister of [Sheikh Mujibur Rahman](/source/Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman), former president of Bangladesh. He is the younger brother of [Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani](/source/Sheikh_Fazlul_Haque_Mani), founder of the [Jubo League](/source/Jubo_League).[5] He is a first-cousin of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.[6]

Selim is descended from the [Sheikh family of Tungipara](/source/Sheikh_family_of_Tungipara) from both his parents. His father's grandfather, Qudratullah Sheikh, was the brother of his mother's great-great-grandfather, Ekramullah Sheikh. Sheikh Mujib was both his uncle and nephew, being son of his third-cousin [Sheikh Lutfar Rahman](/source/Sheikh_Lutfar_Rahman).[7]

## Career

Sheikh Selim has won parliamentary elections from [Gopalganj-2](/source/Gopalganj-2) nine times with 90% of vote, since 1980.[8] He served as the minister for health and family welfare in the [first Hasina ministry](/source/First_Hasina_ministry). He has been the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare Ministry.[9] He is a presidium member of the Bangladesh Awami League.[10]

## Controversies

### 2008 Corruption Case

On 23 April 2008, the [Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission](/source/Bangladesh_Anti_Corruption_Commission) sued Sheikh Selim for corruption at the Ramna Police Station. He secured bail from the [High Court](/source/Bangladesh_High_Court) on 16 September 2008.[11] The High Court, in September, stayed proceeding of the case against Selim. On 24 October 2010, the [Supreme Court](/source/Bangladesh_Supreme_Court) stayed the High Court order, allowing the case to proceed.[12]

Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, his home in [Banani](/source/Banani_(neighbourhood)) was vandalized and burned down in February 2025.[13]

## Personal life

Selim is married and his in-laws are a [zamindar](/source/Zamindar) family of [Muslim](/source/Muslim) [Chowdhuries](/source/Chowdhury) from [Daudkandi](/source/Daudkandi_Upazila). His eldest son Sheikh Fazle Fahim served as president of the [Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries](/source/Federation_of_Bangladesh_Chambers_of_Commerce_%26_Industries) and is married to the daughter of businessman [Moosa Bin Shamsher](/source/Moosa_Bin_Shamsher).[14][15] Another son, Sheikh Nayem, is married to the daughter of [BNP](/source/Bangladesh_National_Party) politician [Iqbal Hassan Mahmood](/source/Iqbal_Hassan_Mahmood).[16] One of Selim's grandsons, Zayan Chowdhary, died in the [2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings](/source/2019_Sri_Lanka_Easter_bombings). The child's father, Moshiul Haque Chowdhary, was wounded, though his mother, Selim's daughter Sheikh Amina Sultana Sonia, was unharmed.[17]

## References

1. ["Constituency 216_11th_En"](http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3776). *Bangladesh Parliament*. Retrieved 2022-06-11.

1. ["AL's 60th founding anniversary today"](https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-93811). *The Daily Star*. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 2022-06-11.

1. ["Prime minister: Stand united to get rid of terrorism"](http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jul/20/prime-minister-stand-united-get-rid-terrorism). *Dhaka Tribune*. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

1. ["Suranjit slates 'scared' ministers over US ambassador's comments, faces ire"](https://bdnews24.com/politics/suranjit-slates-scared-ministers-over-us-ambassadors-comments-faces-ire). *bdnews24.com*. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

1. ["Tributes paid to Sheikh Moni"](https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-116465). *The Daily Star*. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2018-02-19.

1. ["Hasina regularly took money from magnates"](https://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/06/03/d7060301033.htm). *The Daily Star*. Retrieved 2018-02-19.

1. ["Barrister SEX Fazle Noor Taposh"](https://barristersheikhtaposh.info/familytree.php). *barristersextaposh.info*. Retrieved 2024-07-12.

1. ["Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim -শেখ ফজলুল করিম সেলিম Biography"](https://amarmp.com/mp/645/biography). *Amarmp*. Retrieved 2018-02-19.

1. ["Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim speaks at a discussion"](http://www.daily-sun.com/arcprint/details/70566/Sheikh-Fazlul-Karim-Selim-speaks-at-a-discussion/2015-08-27). *Daily Sun*. Retrieved 2018-02-19.

1. ["AL asks US not interfere in internal issues"](https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/al-asks-us-not-interfere-internal-issues-1225432). *The Daily Star*. 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2018-02-19.

1. ["Sheikh Selim, Abbas, Babar granted bail"](https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-55052). *The Daily Star*. 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2018-02-19.

1. ["SC clears way for trial of 3 graft cases"](https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-159836). *The Daily Star*. 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2018-02-19.

1. ["শেখ সেলিমের বনানীর বাসায় আগুন"](https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/capital/lr9d2u5fjz) (in Bengali). *Prothomalo*. 2025-02-07. Retrieved 2025-02-07.

1. ["Sheikh Fazle Fahim named FBCCI president after unopposed election"](https://bdnews24.com/business/sheikh-fazle-fahim-named-fbcci-president-after-unopposed-election). *bdnews24.com*. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2020-12-23.

1. ["bn:এবার প্রিন্স মুসার সহকারীকে তলব"](https://www.arthosuchak.com/archives/133880/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0/) (in Bengali). *Arthosuchak*. 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2020-12-23.

1. ["bn:আত্মীয়তার যত বন্ধনে বিএনপি আওয়ামী লীগ"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190321081612/http://www.bd-pratidin.com/special/2014/12/18/50542) (in Bengali). *Bangladesh Pratidin*. 2014-12-16. Archived from [the original](https://www.bd-pratidin.com/special/2014/12/18/50542) on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2020-12-23.

1. ["Sheikh Selim's minor grandson dies in Sri Lanka bombings"](https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/sheikh-selims-minor-grandson-dies-in-sri-lanka-bombings). *bdnews24.com*. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

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