Shamsur Rahman Sherif (12 March 1941 – 2 April 2020)[1] was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as minister of land.
[8] Sherif's son, Shirhan Sharif Tomal, was arrested for attacking journalists in Pabna in December 2017.
[9] He also has a case against him for attacking and robbing the home of a "freedom fighter" (veteran of Bangladesh Liberation war).
[9][10] In April 2018, Sherif's personal officer, Kutubuddin Ahmed, was arrested for grabbing a land near Gulshan-Baridhara by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
[12] He received 249,558 votes while his nearest rival, Md Habibur Rahman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, 48,822.