Faruk Rashid Chowdhury

Faruk Rashid Chowdhury is a Jatiya Party politician from Bangladesh and the former Minister of Finance.[1][2][3][4]

Faruk Rashid Chowdhury
ফারুক রশিদ চৌধুরী
Member of the 3rd and 4th Jatiya Sangsad
In office
1987 – 27 February 1991
PresidentHussain Muhammad Ershad, Shahabuddin Ahmed
Prime MinisterMizanur Rahman Chowdhury, Moudud Ahmed, Kazi Zafar Ahmed
Vice PresidentA. K. M. Nurul Islam, Moudud Ahmed
Preceded byHumayun Rashid Choudhury
Succeeded byAbdus Samad Azad
ConstituencySunamganj-3
Personal details
Born (1932-09-10) 10 September 1932
Sylhet, Assam Province, British India (now, Sylhet, Bangladesh)
Political partyCommunist Party (1987)
Jatiya Party (1988-1996)
Parents
RelativesHumayun Rashid Choudhury (brother)

Early life and background

Choudhury was born into a Bengali Muslim political family in Rashid Manzil near Dargah Gate, Sylhet. His ancestral home is in Dargapasha, Sunamganj District.[5] He was one of seven children of Abdur Rasheed Choudhury (d. 1944) and Begum Serajunnessa Choudhury (1910–1974), and a younger brother of Humayun Rashid Choudhury.[6] Abdur Rasheed was a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly and later a member of the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi, while Serajunessa was elected a member of Pakistan National Assembly.[7]

Political career

Chowdhury participated in a 1987 by-election as a Communist Party candidate and successfully won the Sunamganj-3 constituency seat at the 3rd Jatiya Sangsad. He did a second term in the same constituency after winning the 1988 Bangladeshi general election as a Jatiya Party candidate. Chowdhury lost his seat to Abdus Samad Azad of the Awami League at the 1991 Bangladeshi general election. He attempted to regain the seat at the June 1996 Bangladeshi general elections but lost to Azad once again.[1][2][3][8]

References
  1. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. 18 September 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. "List of 4th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. 18 September 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  3. আ’লীগে মান্নান এগিয়ে জোটের দুশ্চিন্তায় বিএনপি. Jugantor (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  4. ভোটের ক্ষেত্রে বিশাল ফ্যাক্টর প্রবাসীরা. Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. "Man in the News; U.N. Enthusiast at Assembly Helm: Humayan Rasheed Choudhury". The New York Times. 23 September 1986. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. "A Legacy of Love". The Daily Star. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  7. Nasrine R Karim (11 July 2003). "Lest we forget Humayun Rasheed Choudhury". The Daily Star. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  8. ফারুক রশিদ চৌধুরী [Farooq Rashid Chowdhury]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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