Dewan Mohammod Salahuddin

Dewan Mohammod Salahuddin is a member of the 13th Parliament elected from Dhaka-19. This BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) leader has become an MP for the third time. He was previously elected in 1996 and 2001 from what was then Dhaka-12.

He was born on 1 October 1962 in Jirabo village, Yearpur union, Savar upazila, Dhaka. His father is Dewan Md. Idris and his mother Saleha Idris; he is the second of six children. He entered Momenshahi Cadet College in 1974 and passed his SSC in 1978 and his HSC in 1980. In 1987 he obtained his MBBS degree from Mymensingh Medical College.

In 1991, having passed the 10th BCS (Health) examination, he joined Itna Upazila Health Complex in Kishoreganj as a medical officer, and in 1993 he was transferred to Savar Upazila Health Complex. On 1 January 1996 he voluntarily left government service. A physician, Salahuddin is also known as a writer; he has written about 15 books on various subjects, notable among them Smritite America, Ek Jibone Ami and Rajnitir Mathe Ghate.

He entered politics in 1990 and became president of the Yearpur union BNP and, in 2011, of the Ashulia thana BNP. From 2016 to 2022 he served as president of the Dhaka district BNP. While a member of the 7th Parliament, he became a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Health in January 2000.

In the 13th parliamentary election held on 12 February 2026, he was elected MP for Dhaka-19 with 190,976 votes under the sheaf of paddy symbol.

His initiatives to spread education are notable. In 1993 he founded Saleha Idris Primary School, named after his mother, in Srikhandia village, Ashulia; it later became a government school. He founded Jirabo Dewan Idris College in 1996, Dewan Idris Law College in Savar in 2003 and Nischintapur Dewan Idris High School in 2006. In 1992 he married Sabina Siddika Rita; the couple have two children.

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