Abdur Rouf Chowdhury
Abdur Rouf Chowdhury | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament (Bangladesh) | |
| In office 27 February 1991 – 15 February 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Ahsan Habib Lincoin |
| Succeeded by | Shahidul Islam |
| In office 7 March 1973 – 18 February 1979 | |
| Succeeded by | Zillur Rahman |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 23 July 2014 Dhaka |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Abdur Rouf Chowdhury was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician who was a member of parliament for Kushtia-2.
Career
[edit]Chowdhury was a veteran of Bangladesh Liberation War.[1]
Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Kushtia-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973.[2][3] He was elected in 1991 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate from Kushtia-3.[4]
Chowdhury refused to participate in the February 1996 election due to no party other than Bangladesh Nationalist Party contesting the election.[1] The nomination went to Shahidul Islam.[1]
Chowdhury died on 23 July 2014 in Dhaka.[5]
His son, barrister Raghib Rauf Chowdhury, is the office secretary of the Lawyers unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ex-BNP MP in Kushtia faces seven cases". The Daily Star. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Bangladesh. Embassy of Bangladesh. 1974. p. 4.
- ^ "Electoral Area Result Statistics". Amarmp. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ সাবেক সাংসদ আবদুর রউফের ইন্তেকাল. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Kushtia 2 constituency: Multiple candidates in ruling, opposition alliances". Dhaka Tribune. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2020.