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Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mayor of Sylhet is the chief executive of the Sylhet City Corporation. The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Sylhet city.[1]
Mayor of Sylhet | |
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Incumbent since 19 August 2024vacant | |
Sylhet City Corporation | |
Style | Honourable (formal) |
Type | Council Leader |
Status | Highest Ranking Official |
Member of | Sylhet City Corporation |
Reports to | Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives |
Seat | Nagar Bhaban, Sylhet |
Nominator | Directly elected by popular vote |
Term length | Five years, renewable |
Inaugural holder | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran |
Formation | 31 July 2001 |
Salary | ৳ 85,000 Monthly (US$ 999) ৳ 10,20,000 annually (US$ 11,989) |
Website | Sylhet City Corporation |
The Mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban, Bandor Bazar; currently it has jurisdiction over all 42 wards of Sylhet City, which previously was 27 ward.[citation needed]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party |
Reference | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1 | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran (1952-2020) |
2003 2008 |
12 April 2003 | 18 September 2013 | 10 years, 190 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [2] | |
2 | Ariful Haque Choudhury | 2013 2018 |
18 September 2013 | 7 November 2023 | 10 years, 50 days | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | [3] | |
3 | Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury | 2023 | 7 November 2023 | 19 August 2024 | 286 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [4][5] | |
– | Abu Ahmad Siddiqui (Administrator) |
– | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | 20 days | Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Ariful Haque Choudhury | 92,588 | [6] | ||
AL | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran | 86,392 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Ehsanul Mahbub Jubayer | 10,954 | |||
IAB | Moazzem Hossain | 2,195 | |||
Majority | 6,196 | ||||
Turnout | 2,01,577 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,18,138 | ||||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Ariful Haque Choudhury | 107,330 | ||||
AL | Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran | 72,173 | ||||
Majority | 35,157 | |||||
Turnout | 1,79,503 | |||||
Registered electors | 2,91,046 | |||||
BNP gain from AL |
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