Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury Explained

Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury
Native Name:মোস্তাক আহমদ চৌধুরী
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:Member of Parliament from undivided Chittagong-17
Term Start:1970
Term End:1975
Office1:Member of Parliament from Cox's Bazar-3
Term Start1:27 February 1991
Term End1:15 February 1996
Predecessor1:Didarul Alam Chowdhury
Successor1:Mohammad Khalequzzaman
Office2:Chairman of Cox's Bazar district council
Term Start2:2016
Term End2:present
Spouse:Kaniz Fatema Mostaq
Children:one son and one daughter
Party:Bangladesh Awami League
Birth Place:Cox's Bazar District

Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury, known as Mostaq Mia, is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was elected a member of parliament from undivided Chittagong-17 (Cox's Bazar Sadar-Ramu) in 1973 and from Cox's Bazar-3 in 1991.[1] [2] He was an organizer of the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Early life

Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury was born in Cox's Bazar District⋅ His father was Mamtaz Ahmad Chowdhury Khan Bahadur. His wife Kaniz Fatema Mostaq is the president of Cox's Bazar District Women's Awami League and the chairman of Cox's Bazar Jatiya Mohila Songstha. They have one son and one daughter.[3]

Career

Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury is the chairman of Cox's Bazar district council. He was earlier the administrator of Cox's Bazar district council. In the 1970, he was elected as an MP for the first time as an independent candidate from the then Chittagong-17 (Cox's Bazar Sadar-Ramu) constituency. Then in the first parliamentary elections of 1973, he was elected as a Member of Parliament from the then Chittagong-17 (Cox's Bazar Sadar-Ramu) constituency on the nomination of Awami League for the second time. He was re-elected as an MP from Cox's Bazar-3 (Sadar-Ramu) constituency in the fifth national election in 1991.

He was an organizer of the Bangladesh Liberation War.[4]

He lost the 7th Jatiya Sangsad elections of 12 June 1996 and the 8th Jatiya Sangsad of 2001 from the same constituency with the nomination of Awami League.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of 1st Parliament Members. www.parliament.gov.bd. bn. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180909153327/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf. 2018-09-09. 4 April 2020.
  2. Web site: List of 5th Parliament Members. Jatiya Sangsad. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180917232851/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/5th.pdf. 17 September 2018. 2 April 2020.
  3. News: bn:পর্যটন শহর গড়ে তুলব —মোস্তাক আহমদ. http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/news/209480. Prothom Alo. bn. 2020-05-10.
  4. News: bn:ব্যাংকে মোস্তাকের আছে ১০ হাজার সালাউদ্দিনের তিন লাখ টাকা! কালের কণ্ঠ. https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/2nd-rajdhani/2016/12/27/445655. Kaler Kantho. bn. 2020-05-10.
  5. Web site: মোস্তাক আহমেদ চৌধুরী. Prothom Alo. bn. 2020-05-10.