Masud Uddin Chowdhury

Chowdhury was an officer of the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini and was made an Bangladesh Army officer after the Jatiya Rakhi Bahini was absorbed into the army.[5]

Chowdhury was appointed director general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence in 2003 by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.[5]

Chowdhury served as a principal staff officer of the Bangladesh Armed Forces Division.[6] He also served as the general officer commanding (GOC) of 9 Infantry Division and area commander of Savar Area and GOC 33 Infantry Division and area commander Comilla Area.[7] In 2007, he was the chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime during the caretaker government rule during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis.[8][9] He attended the 10th Annual Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defence conference in the United States.[10] Tarique Rahman, son for former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, told United States Diplomat Geeta Pasi that he was tortured on the orders of Chowdhury in military custody.[11] Pasi reported it was surprising as Chowdhury was believed to have been close to Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[11]

In January 2008, Chowdhury was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed to the National Defence College.[5][3] Chowdhury was the High Commissioner for Bangladesh to Australia from June 2008 to 2014.[12][13][14] He founded Picasso restaurant in Dhaka.[7]

In 2017, Chowdhury filed a case under section-57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006 against Afsan Chowdhury.[7]

Chowdhury became the Member of Parliament for Feni-3 in 2018 by Jatiyo Party (Ershad) Ticket.[15][16]

Chowdhury is the President of Baridhara Cosmopolitan Club Limited.[17] He was re-elected president of the club in 2018.[18]

Chowdhury's brother in law is Sayeed Iskander, who was the brother of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[7]