Mayor of Sylhet
Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation
Mayor of Sylhet | |
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seal of Sylhet City Corporation | |
Incumbent Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury since 21 June 2023 | |
Sylhet City Corporation | |
Style | The Honourable |
Type | Head of the City |
Status | Chief Executive |
Member of | Sylhet City Corporation |
Reports to | Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives |
Seat | Nagar Bhaban, Sylhet |
Nominator | Directly elected by popular vote |
Appointer | Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
Term length | Five years, renewable |
Formation | 31 July 2001; 22 years ago (2001-07-31) |
First holder | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran |
Final holder | Ariful Haque Choudhury |
Salary | ৳ 10,20,000 annually (US$ 11,989) |
Website | Sylhet City Corporation |
The Mayor of Sylhet is the chief executive of the Sylhet City Corporation. The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Sylhet city.[1]
The Mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban, Bandor Bazar; currently it has jurisdiction over all 42 wards of Sylhet City, which previously was 27 ward.
List of officeholders
- Political parties
- Bangladesh Awami League
- Bangladesh Nationalist Party
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | Reference | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1 | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran (1952-2020) | 2003 2008 | 12 April 2003 | 18 September 2013 | 10 years, 190 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [2] | |
2 | Ariful Haque Choudhury | 2013 2018 | 18 September 2013 | 7 November 2023 | 10 years, 257 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [3] | |
3 | Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury | 2023 | 7 November 2023 | Incumbent | 207 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [4][5] |
Elections
Election Result 2023
Election Result 2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Ariful Haque Choudhury | 92,588 | [6] | ||
AL | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran | 86,392 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Ehsanul Mahbub Jubayer | 10,954 | |||
IAB | Moazzem Hossain | 2,195 | |||
Majority | 6,196 | ||||
Turnout | 2,01,577 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,18,138 | ||||
BNP hold |
Election Result 2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Ariful Haque Choudhury | 107,330 | ||||
AL | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran | 72,173 | ||||
Majority | 35,157 | |||||
Turnout | 1,79,503 | |||||
Registered electors | 2,91,046 | |||||
BNP gain from AL |
References
- ^ Sylhet City Corporation Act, 2001, bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd।
- ^ "Former mayor of Sylhet City Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran dies at 69". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "সিলেটের মেয়র হলেন আরিফুল হক". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ^ "Anwaruzzaman takes charge as Sylhet mayor". The Daily Star. 7 November 2023.
- ^ "দ্বিগুণ ভোটের ব্যবধানে আনোয়ারুজ্জামান মেয়র নির্বাচিত". Sylhetview24.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ "সিলেটের মেয়র হলেন আরিফুল হক". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-09-22.
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Capital: Sylhet
- The Aided High School
- Beani Bazar Government College
- Blue Bird High School and College
- Cambridge Grammar School & College
- Dhakadakshin Multilateral High School and College
- Kasim Ali Model High School
- Madan Mohan College
- Mathiura BL High School
- Murari Chand College
- Scholarshome
- Sylhet Engineering College
- Sylhet Government Pilot High School
- Sylhet Government Women's College
- Sylhet Polytechnic Institute