Shahdeen Malik

Shahdeen Malik is a Bangladeshi lawyer, eminent jurist, constitutional expert, and legal activist. He is currently a professor in the Asia Pacific University.

Early life and education Dr. Shahdeen Malik was born in Saruala village of Biswanath Upazila under Sylhet district of Bangladesh. Malik's father, Abdul Malik Chowdhury, was the chief conservatory officer of the Forest Department. Malik obtained LL.B (pass) degree from University of Dhaka. Later, he completed his master's in law at the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia in 1979. He obtained another LL.M degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1984.

Malik was a founder director and faculty at the law school of BRAC University. He criticised the Fifteen Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh, which abolished the caretaker government on 19 July after praising it on 10 July 2011. In 2013, he was the lawyer of the Bangladesh Election Commission.

Malik is a trustee board member of the Centre for Policy Dialogue. He is an adjunct professor at Gono University. He described the speech by the minister of law, Anisul Huq, in Geneva defending the human rights record of the government as embarrassing. He is currently working as a professor at Asia Pacific University.

Resignation of the Constitution Reform Commission On 11 September 2024, the interim government of Bangladesh announced the formation of six reform commissions. Among them, Constitutional Reform Commission was to be headed by him.

The announcement was made by the Chief Adviser of the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, who presented a comprehensive plan for reforms in various sectors in a national address.

However, within a week of assuming responsibility, on 10 September 2024, He stepped down from his position as head of the commission. Subsequently, the government announced that he had resigned due to "personal and professional commitments." According to the notification published the same day, Ali Riaz was appointed as his successor.