Jafrul Islam Chowdhury

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Jafrul Islam Chowdhury
জাফরুল ইসলাম চৌধুরী
Chowdhury in 2003
Minister of State for Environment and Forest
In office
10 October 2001 – 29 October 2006
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Succeeded byHasan Mahmud
Member of Parliament
In office
20 December 2008 – 20 November 2013
Preceded byMahmudul Karim Chowdhury
Succeeded byMustafizur Rahaman Chowdhury
ConstituencyChittagong-16
In office
19 March 1996 – 29 October 2006
Preceded bySultanul Kabir Chowdhury
Succeeded byA.N.M Shamsul Islam
ConstituencyChittagong-15
Personal details
Born(1950-10-14)14 October 1950
Banshkhali Upazila, Chittagong District, East Bengal, Pakistan
Died8 November 2022(2022-11-08) (aged 72)
Chittagong, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
ChildrenMiskatul Islam Chowdhury

Jafrul Islam Chowdhury (14 October 1950 – 8 November 2022)[1] was a Bangladeshi politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a four-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-15 constituency.[2] He served as the state minister for the forest and environment ministry in the Third Khaleda Cabinet during 2001–2006.[3]

Early life

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Chowdhury was born on 14 October 1950. He completed his undergraduate degree in commerce.[4]

Career

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Chowdhury served as a state minister for environment and forest in the Third Khaleda Cabinet.[5] He was nominated by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Chittagong-15 for the 2008 Bangladeshi general election.[6] In June 2009, he was made the joint convenor of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party unit of Chittagong South.[7] In 2010, he served as the Chittagong south district president of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[8] He was the only member of parliament from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the Bangladesh-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group.[9] His cousin, Aminur Rahman Chowdhury, was charged with being involved in the murder of 11 members of a Hindu family in the Banshkhali carnage case.[10]

Personal life and death

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Chowdhury died in Chittagong on 8 November 2022, at the age of 72.[11]

References

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