Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury
Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury | |
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খালিদ মাহমুদ চৌধুরী | |
_(cropped).jpg) Chowdhury in May 2018 | |
| Minister of State for Shipping | |
| In office 11 January 2024 – 6 August 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | M. A. Matin |
| Succeeded by | M Sakhawat Hussain (as Adviser) |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 29 December 2008 – 6 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman |
| Constituency | Dinajpur-2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1970 |
| Party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Spouse | Mosammat Rashidun Ara Hasnin |
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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.[citation needed]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Chowdhury was born on 31 January 1970. He has a bachelor's degree in commerce.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]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]
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- Living people
- 1970 births
- Awami League politicians
- 9th Jatiya Sangsad members
- 10th Jatiya Sangsad members
- 11th Jatiya Sangsad members
- State ministers of shipping
- 12th Jatiya Sangsad members
- People from Dinajpur District, Bangladesh
- Politicians from Rangpur Division
- Rangpur Division Awami League politician stubs