Rabeya Chowdhury | |
Native Name: | রাবেয়া চৌধুরী |
Constituency3: | Women's Reserved Seat-19 |
Office3: | Member of 8th Jatiya Sangsad |
Term Start3: | 2001 |
Term End3: | 29 October 2006 |
Predecessor3: | Rabia Bhuiyan |
Successor3: | Tahura Ali |
Constituency2: | Women's Reserved Seat-27 |
Office2: | Member of 5th and 6th Jatiya Sangsad |
Term Start2: | 1991 |
Term End2: | 1996 |
Successor2: | Panna Kaiser |
Constituency1: | Women's Reserved Seat-26 |
Office1: | Member of 2nd Jatiya Sangsad |
Term Start1: | 1979 |
Term End1: | 1982 |
Successor1: | AJ Enayet Nur |
Birth Place: | Comilla District |
Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Parents: | Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury |
Rabeya Chowdhury (Bengali: রাবেয়া চৌধুরী) is a prominent Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. She is one of the vice chairpersons of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and also the Comilla District BNP president. She is a former member of the Jatiya Sangsad for four terms from a reserved seat.
Chowdhury was born into a family from Batgram in Comilla District. She was the daughter of prominent politician Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury[1] and poet Razia Khatun Chowdhurani. She married Nasiruddin Chowdhury (d. 20 May 2020), a former honorary magistrate, with whom she had two sons and a daughter.[2]
Chowdhury is a senior leader in Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), a vice chairperson in the BNP's Central Committee and also Comilla District BNP president. Chowdhury was elected to parliament from a reserved seat as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979, 1991 and 2005.[3]