Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury Explained

Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury
Native Name:খালিদ মাহমুদ চৌধুরী
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:Minister of State for Shipping
Term Start:11 January 2024
Term End:6 August 2024
Primeminister:Sheikh Hasina
Predecessor:M. A. Matin
Successor:M Sakhawat Hussain (as Adviser)
Office1:Member of Parliament
Constituency1:Dinajpur-2
Parliament1:Bangladesh
Predecessor1:Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman
Term Start1:29 December 2008
Term End1:6 August 2024
Birth Date:31 January 1970
Birth Place:Dinajpur, East Pakistan
Party:Bangladesh Awami League
Spouse:Mosammat Rashidun Ara Hasnin
Father:Abdur Rauf Chowdhury

Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury (born 1 January 1970)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of parliament representing the Dinajpur-2 constituency. He is served as the minister of state for shipping of Bangladesh.[2] He was a organizational secretary of Bangladesh Awami League.

Early life

Chowdhury was born on 31 January 1970. He has a bachelor's degree in commerce.[1]

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Dinajpur-2 in 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024 for four consecutive times.[1] He is the organizing secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League. In September 2018, he asked people in the region not to worry about the National Register of Citizens, being carried out in India. He said this while on a trip to India.[3] He was named state minister of shipping on 6 January 2019 in the 4th cabinet of Sheikh Hasina.[4]

On 17 August 2024, Chowdhury was charged over an attack on a student protest during the quota reform movement on 18 July.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituency 07_11th_En . Bangladesh Parliament . 2020-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200204061156/http://parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-bangla/309-mps-category/mps-of-11th-parliament/3592-constituency-07-11th-en . 4 February 2020.
  2. News: State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud contracts COVID-19 . 2020-09-28 . bdnews24.com . 16 September 2020.
  3. News: Don't fret over NRC: Bangladesh MP Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury . 16 November 2018 . The Hindu . 16 September 2018 . en-IN.
  4. News: Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury named State minister of shipping .
  5. Web site: 2024-08-17 . Khalid Mahmud charged over attack on student protest case . 2024-08-17 . Dhaka Tribune . en .