Wikipedia Draft:Shaukat Ahmed

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Shaukat Ahmed MBE 1 (aka Abu Saeed Shaukat Ahmed; Bengali: আবু সাঈদ শওকত আহমেদ; 5 November 1955 -  present) is a British politician, a community leader and an engineer of Bangladeshi heritage who was a Labour Councillor of City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (1991- 1999) and a Senior Project Manager of Leeds City Council (1987 – 2017).

Shaukat was also one of the founder members of Bangladeshi Youth Organisation in Bradford (1982 – 1992). He was also founder Chair of Manningham Housing Association, Bradford (1987- 2001) and a founder Director and Chair of a community enterprise called Action for Business Ltd, which owns and runs Carlisle Business Centre in Bradford (1991-  present).

Shaukat was very involved in Bradford’s fight against racist National Front and British National Party. In 1976, he took part in the counter demonstration protesting against members of racist National Front, marching, hurling racial abuse and spreading hatred through Manningham, a neighbourhood predominantly lived in by people of Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage.

Contents:

1.     Early life

2.     Political work

3.     Community work

4.     Professional & Business work

5.     Family life

6.     Other

7.     References

 Early life 

Shaukat was born in the city of Sylhet, Bangladesh. His is a descendent of Hazrat Shah Toqui Uddin of village Sheikhpara, Jalalpur of Sylhet district in Bangladesh. He was the 4th child of four sisters and three brothers. He attended Motijheel Central Government School, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Faujdarhat Cadet Colleg e, Chottogram, Bangladesh and Notre Dame College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Shaukat came to Bradford in 1974, England for higher studies and graduated in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England in 1978.

 Political work 

Shaukat has been a British Labour Party member since 1978. He was elected as a City Councillor for City of Bradford Metropolitan Council in 1991. He held many high level positions in the Council and the local Labour Party. He retired from the Council in 1999.

Shaukat is also an activist of the centre left progressive party, Bangladesh Awami League.

 Community work 

Shaukat was one of the founder members of Bangladeshi Youth Organisation, Bradford (1982-1992).

He was also founder Chair of Manningham Housing Association (1987-1998).

He is a founding Director and was a Chair of Action for Business Ltd, a community enterprise that owned and operated Carlisle Business Centre (1901-  present)

He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll in 2008 for his “outstanding contribution to the multi-ethnic community of Bradford”.

 Professional work 

Shaukat was a qualified engineer and worked for Leeds City Council as Senior Project Manager for 30 years.

 Family life 

Shaukat is married to Syeda Shanaz Ahmed, a local authority lawyer and has two children and two grandchildren.

 Other 

Shaukat was one of the organisers of “Stop Genocide in Bosnia” campaign based in Bradford. He campaigned for UN intervention in Bosnia-Herzegovina and to tackle rise of racism and fascism in the heart of 20th century Europe. He also organised relief convoys for Bosnia and housed Bosnian refugees in Bradford.

Shaukat is an adviser to British Rohingya Community (BRC) organisation (2016 - present). Bradford has the largest Rohingya community in Europe, who were housed in Bradford under a UN refugee programme. He has been campaigning with the members of the Rohingya community for the safe return of all Rohingya refugees to their homeland in Myanmar with security and all civic rights.