A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury

Abul Fazal Mohammad Ahsanuddin Chowdhury (Bengali: আবুল ফজল মোহাম্মদ আহসানউদ্দিন চৌধুরী; 1 July 1915 – 30 August 2001) was a Bengali public servant and judge who served as President of Bangladesh from 27 March 1982 to 10 December 1983.

Abul Fazal Mohammad
Ahsanuddin Chowdhury
8th President of Bangladesh
In office
27 March 1982 – 10 December 1983
Preceded byAbdus Sattar
Succeeded byHussain Muhammad Ershad
Personal details
Born(1915-07-01)1 July 1915
Mymensingh, Bengal Presidency, British India (Now, Bangladesh)
Died30 August 2001(2001-08-30) (aged 86)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyJatiya Party
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka

Biography

Chowdhury was born on 1 July 1915 in Gouripur, Mymensingh District, Bengal Presidency (now Bangladesh). [1] He graduated and obtained his LL.B. degree from the University of Dhaka.[2]

Career

He joined the Bengal Civil Service (judicial) in 1942, and subsequently served as district judge in Sylhet, Rangpur and Dhaka.[2] He was appointed Justice of the Dhaka High Court on 17 December 1968 by the then President of Pakistan, Field Marshal Ayub Khan, and later a Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on 30 January 1974. He retired from service on 1 July 1977 after President Ziaur Rahman reduced the retirement age of judges from 65 to 62.[3]

Following a military coup d'état in March 1982, the army chief of staff Hossain Mohammad Ershad assumed power as the chief martial law administrator, and Chowdhury was made the President of Bangladesh on 27 March 1982, a position which he held till 10 December 1983. Ershad then dismissed Chowdhury and assumed the presidency for himself.[4]

Chowdhury was the chairman of Bangladesh Scouts, chairman of the management board and trustee board of Dhaka Child Hospital, chairman of National Foundation of Mental Health, chairman of the managing committee of Dhaka Law College, chairman of Anjuman Mufidul Islam, and chairman of Dhaka High Court mazar committee.

Death

Chowdhury died on 30 August 2001 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

References
  1. "প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব". Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2019-10-10.
  2. Lentz, Harris M., ed. (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. p. 70. ISBN 9781134264902.
  3. Nur, Shah Alam. "Justices removed on different grounds | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh". The Asian Age. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  4. Shrestha, Nanda R. (2002). Nepal and Bangladesh. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 234. ISBN 9781576072851.


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