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TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury

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Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury
Member of Jatiya Sangsad
In office
7 May 1986 – 15 February 1996
Succeeded byMukhlesur Rahman
ConstituencyGaibandha-3
In office
12 June 1996 – 14 January 2014
Preceded byMukhlesur Rahman
Succeeded byEunus Ali Sarkar
3rd Chief Whip of Parliament
In office
10 July 1986 – 6 December 1987
SpeakerShamsul Huda Chowdhury
Preceded byAbul Hasanat Abdullah
Succeeded byM. A. Sattar
Personal details
Born1 October 1934
Gaibandha, Bengal Province
Died20 December 2018(2018-12-20) (aged 84)
United Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyJatiya 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

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Constituency 31". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 16 September 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Oikyafront aspirant Fazle Rabbi dies". banglanews24.com. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  3. ^ Azad, Rafiqul Islam (5 September 2015). "JP (Zafar) to continue with 20-paty alliance". The Independent. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Oikya Front Gaibandha-3 candidate Fazle Rabbi dies at 84". Bangla Tribune. Retrieved 25 December 2018.