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<div>{{short description|Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and former State minister}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Gayeshwar Chandra Roy<br />
| native_name = গয়েশ্বর চন্দ্র রায়<br />
| office = [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh)|State minister for Environment and Forest]]<br />
| primeminister = [[Khaleda Zia]]<br />
| term_start = 1991<br />
| term_end = October 1993<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|11|1|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Keraniganj Upazila|Keraniganj]], Dhaka<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<br />
[[Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal]] (Before 1978)<br />
| occupation = politician<br />
}}<br />
'''Gayeshwar Chandra Roy''' is a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP) politician and former State minister who is currently serving as a [[standing committee]] (the highest policy-making forum) member of the party.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gayeshwar Chandra Roy attacked in Keraniganj |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/2018/12/25/gayeshwar-chandra-roy-attacked-in-keraniganj |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=23 January 2019 |date=25 December 2018}}</ref> He was also a '''[[Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal]]''' member during 1970's. <br />
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==Early life==<br />
Roy was born on 1 November 1951 in [[Dhaka district]] of the then [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]) to Gannandra Chandra Roy and Sumoti Roy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Commission Bangladesh: Candidate Disclosure |url=http://119.40.90.133/asset2013/index2018.php |website=Election Commission Bangladesh |access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Roy was involved in [[Progressivism|progressive politics]] in his student life. In 1970's, he was a member of [[Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal]].<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:ইনু ‘জাতীয় বেয়াদব’: গয়েশ্বর |url=https://m.bdnews24.com/bn/detail/politics/1312481 |work=bdnews24 |access-date=31 March 2017 |language=bn}}</ref> He He joined 'Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal', a political wing of the BNP in 1978.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:গয়েশ্বরকে নিয়ে একাট্টা বিএনপি |url=https://samakal.com/politics/article/1808769/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF |work=Samakal |access-date=23 January 2019 |language=bn}}</ref> After the [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|5th parliamentary election]] in 1991, the BNP formed the government and Roy was made [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh)|State minister for Environment and Forest]] (now [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change]]) under the technocrat quota. Later, he was appointed as one of the joint secretary generals of BNP and then member of the Standing Committee.<br />
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