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Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher

Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher

সৈয়দ আবদুল্লাহ মোহাম্মদ তাহের

Current member, 13th ParliamentElected twice

Government posts last checked: 24 October 2026, Cabinet

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Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher is a member of the 13th Parliament elected from Cumilla-11 and Nayeb-e-Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.

He was born on 1 January 1958 in Paschim Dekra, Alkara union, Chauddagram upazila, Cumilla. By profession he is a doctor.

He has been elected an MP twice in all, this term included. Earlier term: 8th Parliament (Comilla-12). In the 2026 election he was elected with 133,308 votes, 56,670 more than the nearest rival (according to The Business Standard's count). He chairs the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and is a member of 4 other parliamentary committees.

This introduction is put together from the information on this page: Parliament's list of members and the published election result. It contains no assessment of our own.

Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher’s biography is available in Bangla. Read the biography in Bangla

Born1 January 1958 (aged 68)
BirthplacePaschim Dekra, Alkara union, Chauddagram upazila, Cumilla
GenderMale
EducationDhaka Medical College (MBBS), Chittagong College (HSC)
ProfessionPhysician
FatherSyed Mozaharul Haq Haidury
MotherAkhcire Jahan Chowdhury
Current term17 February 2026 to 16 February 2031
Elected an MPTwice

Constituency

Cumilla-11

Boundaries from the Election Commission's description of the seats, drawn on the maps of OpenStreetMap (upazilas), OCHA (city corporations) and geoBoundaries (city wards; BBS, 2015); approximate. Background map from OpenStreetMap.

Terms in Parliament

13th Parliament, 2026Cumilla-11Current termBJEI
8th Parliament, 2001Comilla-12BJEI

According to the Parliament Secretariat, he has been elected an MP twice in all. Parliament’s database holds the records of the 4th, 5th and 7th to 12th Parliaments; it has no lists for the 1st to 3rd and the 6th, so an earlier term in those, if any, does not appear here.

Votes won in the 2026 election

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13th Parliament, 2026Candidates' total: 213,894 votes
  1. Syed Abdullah Mohammed TaherJamaat-e-IslamiWinner133,30862.3%
  2. Md. Kamrul HudaBNP76,63835.8%
  3. Md. Mohiuddin (Shahid)Islami Andolan2,7661.3%
  4. Md Main UddinJatiya Party (Ershad)7040.3%
  5. A F M Abdur RahimBangladesh Congress1940.1%
  6. Mohammad YusufBSM1860.1%
  7. Md. AlamgirGano Forum980.0%
Source: The Business Standard. Not checked against the Election Commission's gazette.Original page

Parliament Secretariat notifications(4)

Conveyance of sanction for the visit of Hon'ble Deputy Leader of the Opposition of Bangladesh Parliament Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher, MP to China from 21 to 30 September 2026 for medical treatment.20 September 2026, Government orderPDF
Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher (259 Cumilla-11)14 September 2026, Government orderPDF
Conveyance of sanction for the visit of Hon'ble Deputy Leader of the Opposition of Bangladesh Parliament Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher, MP to China from 06 to 16 August 2026 for medical treatment.6 August 2026, Government orderPDF
Conveyance of sanction for the visit of Hon'ble Deputy Leader of the Opposition of Bangladesh Parliament Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher, MP to Thailand from 24 June to 08 July 2026 for medical treatment.24 June 2026, Government orderPDF

Seat: Cumilla-11

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Area

Chauddagram upazila

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Parliamentary committees(5)

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