<p>Mohammad Shahabuddin Chuppu, a former judge and freedom fighter will be Bangladesh's new President, the Chief Election Commission has announced. </p>.<p>Chuppu, 74, was elected unopposed on Monday and will replace President Mohammad Abdul Hamid.</p>.<p>The Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal declared Chuppu, Awami League Advisory Council member and the party's nominee, the President-elect of Bangladesh unopposed after scrutinising his nomination papers submitted on Sunday.</p>.<p>He became President by default as there was no rival candidate.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/shahabuddin-chuppu-set-to-become-next-bangladesh-president-1190512.html" target="_blank">Shahabuddin Chuppu set to become next Bangladesh president</a></strong></p>.<p>A gazette was issued on Monday on the appointment of the new Bangladesh President by the Chief Election Commissioner. Chuppu will be the 22nd President of Bangladesh.</p>.<p>The tenure of incumbent Hamid, the longest-serving president of Bangladesh, will end on April 23, and according to the Constitution, he cannot hold a third term.</p>.<p>Senior Awami League leader and seven-time lawmaker Hamid were elected Bangladesh president in the last two elections.</p>.<p>He was sworn in for his second term on April 24, 2018.</p>.<p>Hamid greeted the newly elected president over the phone and wished him success on Monday.</p>.<p>After his retirement as a district and sessions judge, Chuppu served as one of the commissioners of the independent Anti-Corruption Commission.</p>.<p>He later joined politics and became a member of the Awami League Advisory Council, which comprises senior party leaders and technocrats.</p>.<p>However, Chuppu will have to relinquish the party post to become the titular head of the State.</p>.<p>Born in the northwestern Pabna district, Chuppu was a leader of Awami League’s student and youth wings in the late 1960s and early 1970s. </p>.<p>He also took part in the 1971 Liberation War and was imprisoned for waging a protest after the August 15, 1975 assassination of Bangladesh’s founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- the father of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina -- in a military coup along with most of his family members.</p>.<p>The coup also led to the toppling of the Awami League government. In 1982, he was inducted into the country’s judicial service. </p>.<p>Chuppu served as the coordinator of the Bangabandhu murder trial when Awami League returned to power in the 1996 elections.</p>.<p>His wife Rebeka Sultana is the former joint secretary to the government.</p>
<p>Mohammad Shahabuddin Chuppu, a former judge and freedom fighter will be Bangladesh's new President, the Chief Election Commission has announced. </p>.<p>Chuppu, 74, was elected unopposed on Monday and will replace President Mohammad Abdul Hamid.</p>.<p>The Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal declared Chuppu, Awami League Advisory Council member and the party's nominee, the President-elect of Bangladesh unopposed after scrutinising his nomination papers submitted on Sunday.</p>.<p>He became President by default as there was no rival candidate.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/shahabuddin-chuppu-set-to-become-next-bangladesh-president-1190512.html" target="_blank">Shahabuddin Chuppu set to become next Bangladesh president</a></strong></p>.<p>A gazette was issued on Monday on the appointment of the new Bangladesh President by the Chief Election Commissioner. Chuppu will be the 22nd President of Bangladesh.</p>.<p>The tenure of incumbent Hamid, the longest-serving president of Bangladesh, will end on April 23, and according to the Constitution, he cannot hold a third term.</p>.<p>Senior Awami League leader and seven-time lawmaker Hamid were elected Bangladesh president in the last two elections.</p>.<p>He was sworn in for his second term on April 24, 2018.</p>.<p>Hamid greeted the newly elected president over the phone and wished him success on Monday.</p>.<p>After his retirement as a district and sessions judge, Chuppu served as one of the commissioners of the independent Anti-Corruption Commission.</p>.<p>He later joined politics and became a member of the Awami League Advisory Council, which comprises senior party leaders and technocrats.</p>.<p>However, Chuppu will have to relinquish the party post to become the titular head of the State.</p>.<p>Born in the northwestern Pabna district, Chuppu was a leader of Awami League’s student and youth wings in the late 1960s and early 1970s. </p>.<p>He also took part in the 1971 Liberation War and was imprisoned for waging a protest after the August 15, 1975 assassination of Bangladesh’s founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- the father of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina -- in a military coup along with most of his family members.</p>.<p>The coup also led to the toppling of the Awami League government. In 1982, he was inducted into the country’s judicial service. </p>.<p>Chuppu served as the coordinator of the Bangabandhu murder trial when Awami League returned to power in the 1996 elections.</p>.<p>His wife Rebeka Sultana is the former joint secretary to the government.</p>