Dr. Shafiqur Rahman takes oath as Jamaat Ameer for 3rd term

Jamaat-e-Islami current Ameer ofDr. Shafiqur Rahman has been elected as the Ameer for the third time for the 2026-2028 term.

His formal oath-taking ceremoney was held at Al-Falah Auditorium in Moghbazar at 6:30pm on Friday.

Earlier, Jamaat-e-Islami confirmed his election for the third term through a press release on November 2. In the history of the party, only Professor Ghulam Azam and Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami have served as Ameer for three consecutive terms.

Chief Election Commissioner and Assistant Secretary General Maulana ATM Masum, who is in charge of conducting the internal elections of Jamaat, officially announced the results of the 'Amir' election on the night of November 1. The Election Commission said that voting was held from October 9 to October 25 from the Rukons across the country through secret ballot. After the counting of votes, Dr. Shafiqur Rahman was elected as the Amir again for the term of 2026-2028 after receiving the highest number of votes.

In the beginning of his political career, he was associated with Jasd Chhatra League and joined the organization in 1973. Later, in 1977, he joined Islami Chhatra Shibir and served as the president of Sylhet Medical College branch and Sylhet city branch. In 1984, he joined Jamaat-e-Islami and gradually served as the Sylhet city, district and metropolitan Ameer.