The 22nd President is Sahabuddin Chuppu

The next president of the country is retired district and session judge and former commissioner of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Sahabuddin is quiet. According to party sources, Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has finalized his name as the party candidate.

On Sunday (February 12), Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader submitted the name of Sahabuddin Chuppur as party candidate to the Election Commission.

As the Awami League has an absolute majority in the Parliament, their nominee will be the next president, it is almost certain. The opposition Jatiya Party has already announced that it will not field a candidate.

Selection of presidential candidate nomination papers on February 13. Withdrawal on February 14. Voting will be held at Sangsad Bhawan on February 19 from 2 pm to 5 pm. However, if there is a single candidate for the post of President, the vote will not be required. In that case, a single candidate will be declared privately as the winner of the presidential post on February 14, the day of withdrawal of candidature.

According to the Constitution, the President holds office for 5 years from the date of assumption of office. The current president. Abdul Hamid assumed charge on April 24, 2018. Accordingly, his 5-year tenure will end on April 23.

Son of Pabna. Sahabuddin Chuppur was born in 1949. During his student life, he served as an active worker and president of Pabna District Chhatra League. Sahabuddin Chuppu, who actively participated in the Liberation War, joined the BCS (Judicial) cadre in 1982. He retired as a District and Sessions Judge in 2006 after 25 years of service as a Judge.

  Soon after the BNP-Jamaat alliance came to power in 2001, Awami League and its affiliates' leaders and workers and minority communities were attacked. So that murder, rape and looting happen. Later, when the Awami League government came to power, it formed a commission to investigate those incidents, headed by Sahabuddin Chuppu. From 2011 to 2016. Sahabuddin Chuppu served as Commissioner of Anti-Corruption Commission.