Khondoker Abu Ashfaque

Khondoker Abu Ashfaque is the member of parliament for Dhaka-1 (Dohar and Nawabganj upazilas) in the 13th Parliament. He has entered Parliament for the first time, for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He is president of Dhaka district BNP and a member of the BNP national executive committee.

Abu Ashfaque was born on 8 August 1966 in Kalakopa village, Nawabganj upazila, Dhaka district. He is the son of Abdul Alim Khandaker and Nurjahan Begum, and the sixth child in a family of seven brothers and one sister.

He passed the SSC from Nawabganj Pilot High School and the HSC in the first division from Dhaka College. He later obtained bachelor's and master's degrees from the Department of Statistics at the University of Dhaka. As a student he was elected VP (vice-president) of the Fazlul Huq Hall students' union at the University of Dhaka. He is a businessman by profession.

After his student days he served as a central assistant secretary of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal and as president of Dhaka district Jubo Dal. He was elected chairman of Nawabganj upazila parishad in 2009 and re-elected to the same post in 2014. In 2016 he was elected general secretary of Dhaka district BNP, and later president of the district BNP.

In the election to the 13th Parliament held on 12 February 2026, he was elected as the BNP's nominated candidate with 173,781 votes under the sheaf of paddy symbol.

He is also active in social work. In 2005 he was convener of the centenary celebration committee of Nawabganj Pilot High School. He served as governor of District 315-A1 of Lions Clubs International in 2009-10 and as chairman of the Multiple District Council in 2011-12. He is married to Ismat Sakia and is the father of two daughters and a son.

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