Shawkat Ali (politician)

Shawkat Ali
শওকত আলী
Ali in 2012
11th Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad (acting)
In office
24 April 2013 – 30 April 2013
Preceded byMohammad Abdul Hamid
Succeeded byShirin Sharmin Chaudhury
11th Deputy Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad
In office
25 January 2009 – 24 January 2014
Speaker
Preceded byAkhtar Hameed Siddiqui
Succeeded byFazle Rabbi Miah
Member of Parliament
In office
29 January 2014 – 28 January 2018
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byAKM Enamul Haque Shamim
ConstituencyShariatpur-2
In office
25 January 2009 – 24 January 2014
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyShariatpur-2
In office
28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyShariatpur-2
In office
14 July 1996 – 13 July 2001
Preceded byKhandaker Abdul Jalil
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyShariatpur-2
In office
5 April 1991 – 24 November 1995
Preceded byT. M. Giasuddin Ahmed
Succeeded byKhandaker Abdul Jalil
ConstituencyShariatpur-2
In office
18 February 1979 – 24 March 1982
Preceded byAminul Islam Danesh Mia
Succeeded byPosition Abolished
ConstituencyFaridpur-15
Personal details
Born(1937-01-27)27 January 1937
Naria, Bengal, British India
Died16 November 2020(2020-11-16) (aged 83)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
ProfessionArmy officer, Politician
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan (Before 1969)
 Bangladesh
Branch/service Pakistan Army
 Bangladesh Army
Years of service1959–1975
Rank Colonel
UnitOrdnance Corps
Commands
Battles/warsBangladesh Liberation War

Col. Shawkat Ali (27 January 1937 – 16 November 2020) was a Bangladeshi politician who served as a deputy speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad. He was a member of the Awami League. He was one of the accused in the historic Agartala Conspiracy Case and a freedom fighter in the Liberation War of Bangladesh.

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