TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury explained

Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury
Office:Member of Jatiya Sangsad
Term Start:7 May 1986
Term End:15 February 1996
Successor:Mukhlesur Rahman
Constituency:Gaibandha-3
Term Start1:12 June 1996
Term End1:14 January 2014
Predecessor1:Mukhlesur Rahman
Successor1:Eunus Ali Sarkar
Office2:3rd Chief Whip of Parliament
1Blankname2:Speaker
1Namedata2:Shamsul Huda Chowdhury
Term Start2:10 July 1986
Term End2:6 December 1987
Predecessor2:Abul Hasanat Abdullah
Successor2:M. A. Sattar
Birth Date:1 October 1934
Birth Place:Gaibandha, Bengal Province
Death Place:United Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Party:Jatiya Party (Ershad) (1986-2001)
Islami Jatiya Oikya Front (2001–2006)
Jatiya Party (Ershad) (2006-2013)
Jatiya Party (Zafar) (2013-2017)
Jatiya Oikya Front (2018)

Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury (Bengali: ফজলে রাব্বি চৌধুরী; 1 October 1934 – 20 December 2018) was a Bangladeshi politician from Gaibandha who was a member of parliament for six terms. As an advisor to President Hussain Mohammad Ershad, he represented the Jatiya Party for most of his lifetime.

Early life

Chowdhury was born on 1 October 1934, to a Bengali Muslim family of Chowdhuries from the village of Taluqzamira in Harinathpur, Palashbari under Gaibandha (formerly part of Rangpur District) in Bengal Province. He earned a M.Sc. and a PhD.[1]

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Gaibandha-3 in 1986, 1988, 1991, and 1996 as a candidate of Jatiya Party (Ershad). He was elected in 2001 as a candidate of Islami Jatiya Oikya Front and in 2008 as a candidate of Jatiya Party (Ershad). He was an advisor to President Hussain Mohammad Ershad. He worked as a professor at the Bangladesh Agricultural University.[2] In 2015, he was the acting chairperson of Jatiya Party.[3] He later joined the Jatiya Party faction led by Kazi Zafar Ahmed. After Ahmed's death in 2015, Chowdhury became the chairman of the faction until his own death.

Death

Chowdhury died on 20 December 2018 in United Hospital, Dhaka.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituency 31 . Bangladesh Parliament . 25 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190916075012/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/get-involved/110-mps-category/mps-of-9th-parliament/679-constituency-31 . 16 September 2019.
  2. News: Oikyafront aspirant Fazle Rabbi dies . 25 December 2018 . banglanews24.com.
  3. News: Azad . Rafiqul Islam . JP (Zafar) to continue with 20-paty alliance . The Independent . Dhaka . 5 September 2015 . 25 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181225080900/http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/14445 . 25 December 2018.
  4. News: Oikya Front Gaibandha-3 candidate Fazle Rabbi dies at 84 . 25 December 2018 . Bangla Tribune.