Khurram Khan Chowdhury
Khurram Khan Chowdhury | |
|---|---|
| Member of Bangladesh Parliament | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1945 or 1946 Bangladesh |
| Died | (aged 75) United Hospital, Dhaka |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
| Relatives | Anwarul Hossain Khan Chowdhury (brother) |
Khurram Khan Chowdhury (1945/6 – 17 July 2021) was a Bangladeshi politician who served four terms in parliament. Initially elected as a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he resigned from the BNP, joined the Jatiya Party, and later returned to the BNP.
Early life and family
[edit]Khurram Khan Chowdhury was born into the Bengali Muslim Khan-Chowdhury family of Nandail in Mymensingh District. His father, Ashraf Hossain Khan Chowdhury, was the zamindar of Nandail, the former vice-president of the Central Muslim League and a cousin of former president Nurul Amin. His elder brother is Anwarul Hossain Khan Chowdhury and his sister-in-law, Begum Rahat, was the sister of former education minister ASHK Sadek and daughter of Yahya Sadeq, former joint-commissioner of the Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1]
Career
[edit]Choudhury was a founding member of the Jatiya Party. He was elected member of parliament for Jatiya Party and BNP candidates at different times.[2]
Chowdhury left the BNP to contest the 1988 general election as a Jatiya Party candidate, and was elected for Mymensingh-9. At the next election, in 1991, he was elected member of parliament for Mymensingh-8.[2]
He rejoined the BNP, and was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-9 in 2001.[3]
Chowdhury died from complications of COVID-19 on 17 July 2021 in Dhaka at age 75 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ex MP Anwar Choudhury's wife Rahat passes away". The Asian Age. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ a b খুররম খান চৌধুরীর পেশা পাল্টেছে, আয় কমেছে [Khurram Khan Chowdhury changed his profession and his income decreased]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "EX-MP Kurram Khan dies of COVID-19". UNB. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- 1940s births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Mymensingh District
- Politicians from Mymensingh Division
- Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians
- 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members
- 4th Jatiya Sangsad members
- 5th Jatiya Sangsad members
- 8th Jatiya Sangsad members
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician stubs