Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury

Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from Chittagong-6 and Chittagong-7 constituencies.[1]

Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury
গিয়াস উদ্দিন কাদের চৌধুরী
Member of Parliament
In office
14 July 1996 – 13 July 2001
Preceded bySalahuddin Quader Chowdhury
Succeeded byA.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury
ConstituencyChittagong-6
In office
10 July 1986 – 6 December 1987
Preceded byGolam Akbar Khandaker
Succeeded byNazrul Islam
ConstituencyChittagong-7
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Other political
affiliations		Jatiya Party (Ershad)
RelationsSalahuddin Quader Chowdhury (brother)
AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury (uncle)
ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury (cousin)
Salman F Rahman (cousin)
ChildrenSameer Quader Chowdhury
Parent(s)Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry (father)
Syeda Selima Quader (mother)
RelativesThe Chowdhury family of Chittagong

Career

Chowdhury's candidacy in the 2008 election was cancelled by the returning officer of Bangladesh Election Commission as a court order that cleared him a loan defaulting case did not reach the commissions office before the deadline.[2]

In November 2009, Chowdhury's residence was attacked allegedly by Awami League activists.[3]

On 20 May 2010, Chowdhury collected nominations papers to contest the Chittagong City Corporation mayoral elections.[4] In September 2010, an arrest warrant was issued against him and his brother, Saifuddin Quader Chowdhury, on a bad check case.[5]

Two of Chowdhury's followers were lynched by a mob when they were fleeing after shooting a local Jubo League leader on 24 October 2013.[6]

Chowdhury is a vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party as of August 2016.[7][8] He is the former President of Chittagong District (north) unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[9] He is a director of QC Container Line Ltd and QC Shipping Ltd, both of which are family-owned companies.[10] He is also a director of Dacca Dyeing.[11]

On 3 June 2018, Chowdhury secured bail in two cases, one over threatening Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and another over vandalizing cars, from the High Court Division.[12]

On 30 October 2019, Chowdhury was sentenced to three years imprisonment for making derogatory comments about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[13] He went on the run after securing a bail from the High Court Division.[13]

Personal life

Chowdhury's father, Fazlul Quader Chowdhury, was the speaker of the parliament of Pakistan.[14] His brother, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, was a former member of parliament and convicted war criminal.[15][16] He has three other brothers, and Salman F. Rahman is his cousin.[10]

References
  1. "Infighting now foils Ctg south BNP meeting". The Daily Star. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  2. Barua, Dwaipayan; Alamgir, Nur Uddin; Chittagong (2008-12-05). "33 denied tickets in Ctg district". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  3. "Delwar condemns attack on house of GQ Chy". The Daily Star. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  4. Report, Star (2010-05-20). "Nomination papers to be filed quietly". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  5. "Law and Our Rights". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  6. Staff Correspondent; Ctg (2013-10-24). "Mob beats 2 to death in Ctg". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  7. "Humam doesn't know where he was all these days". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  8. "BNP names members of its leaders' families in new committee". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  9. "Defamation case: Charges framed against Giasuddin Chy". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  10. "Feuding SQ Chy family wanders in legal maze". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  11. "D A C C A D Y E I N G". dacca-dyeing.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  12. Report, Star Online (2018-06-03). "BNP leader Giasuddin gets bail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  13. Report, Star Online (2019-10-30). "Derogatory remarks against PM: BNP leader jailed for 3yrs". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  14. "War-time terror Salauddin Quader Chy to die". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  15. "Hanged war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury's son returns home after seven months". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  16. "Salauddin Quader's family speaks to media at 1971 Goods Hill torture chamber". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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