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{{short description|President of Bangladesh from 2001 to 2002}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury
| native_name = একিউএম বদরুদ্দোজা চৌধুরী
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = 13th [[President of Bangladesh]]
| primeminister = [[Khaleda Zia]]
| term_start = 14 November 2001
| term_end = 21 June 2002
| predecessor = [[Shahabuddin Ahmed]]
| successor = [[Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar]] (acting)
| office1 = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| predecessor1 = [[Latifur Rahman]]
| successor1 = [[Morshed Khan]]
| term_start1 = October 2001
| term_end1 = November 2001
| office2 = [[General Secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| term_start2 = 1979
| term_end2 = 1990
| successor2 = [[Abdus Salam Talukder]]
| predecessor2 = ''Position established''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://southasiajournal.net/intra-party-democracy-in-bangladesh-a-study-of-al-and-bnps-general-secretary-secretary-general-elections/|title=Intra-Party Democracy in Bangladesh: A Study of AL and BNP'S General Secretary/ Secretary General Elections – South Asia Journal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-17}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|11|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Comilla]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| alma_mater = [[Dhaka College]] 
[[Dhaka Medical College]]
| children = [[Mahi B. Chowdhury]]
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (1978–2002) [[Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh]] (2004–present)
| otherparty = [[Four Party Alliance]] (2001–2003)
| awards = [[Independence Day Award]] (1993)
| father = [[Kafiluddin Chowdhury]]
| image = {{CSS image crop |Image = Dhaka_Racing_presenting_to_president.jpg |bSize = 750 |cWidth = 250 |cHeight = 370 |oTop = 60 |oLeft = 280|Location=center}}
}}
'''Abdul Qasim Mohammad Badruddoza Chowdhury'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.archontology.org/nations/bangladesh/00_1971_td_s.php|title=Bangladesh: Heads of State: 1971-2018 |website=Archontology.org |language=en|access-date=18 February 2018}}</ref> (known as '''AQM Badrudozza Chowdhury'''; {{IPAc-en|b|ʌ|d|ˌ|r|uː|d|oʊ|ˈ|z|ɑː|_|ˈ|tʃ|oʊ|d|r|i|audio=En-us-Badruddoza Chowdhury from Bangladesh pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg}}; born 1 November 1932) served as the [[President of Bangladesh]] from 14 November 2001 until his resignation on 21 June 2002.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chowdhury,_AQM_Badruddoza|title=AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury|publisher=[[Banglapedia]]|access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref> He was the founding secretary-general of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP).<ref name=hindu>{{cite magazine |last=Habib |first=Haroon |title=The sacking of a President |url=http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=archive |magazine=Frontline |publisher=The Hindu Group |access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref>

He is also a physician, and former cultural activist, an author, essayist, playwright, television presenter and an orator of distinction.<ref name=bpedia/> He was awarded the National Television Award in 1976.

==Early life==
Chowdhury was born in his maternal grandfather's house in [[Comilla]].<ref name=bpedia/> His paternal ancestors were from Majidpur Dayhata, Srinagar, [[Bikrampur]] (now [[Munshiganj District]]).<ref name=bpedia/> He passed his [[Secondary School Certificate|SSC]] from [[St Gregory's School (Dhaka)|St Gregory's School]] in 1947 and [[Higher Secondary School Certificate|HSC]] from [[Dhaka College]] in 1949.<ref name=alo>{{cite news|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-12-09/news/311706 |script-title=bn:আপস-সমঝোতা ছাড়া গণতন্ত্র হয় না |newspaper=Prothom Alo |access-date=9 December 2012 |author=Moshiul Alam |date=9 December 2012 |language=bn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210233406/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-12-09/news/311706 |archive-date=10 December 2012 |trans-title=Democracy is not without compromise.}}</ref> He earned his [[MBBS]] degree from [[Dhaka Medical College]] in 1954–1955.
His father [[Kafiluddin Chowdhury]] was a political leader of Awami League, a former general secretary of the [[United Front (East Pakistan)|United Front]] serving as Minister in the United Front provincial cabinet of the then East Pakistan. His mother is Sufia Khatun.

==Medical career==
Chowdhury started his career in the medical profession. He served as an associate professor of medicine in [[Rajshahi Medical College]] in 1964 and [[Sir Salimullah Medical College]] during 1964–1970 and professor of medicine in [[Sylhet Medical College]] in 1970.<ref name=bpedia/> He served as the president of National Anti-Tuberculosis Association of Bangladesh (NATAB), president of International Union Against Tuberculosis of Lung Diseases (IUATLD) of Asia Pacific Zone.<ref name=bpedia/>

==Political career==
Being inspired by [[Ziaur Rahman]], the founder chairman of the party, Badruddoza entered into politics as the secretary general of the BNP during its early years. He won the parliament election of 1979 as a BNP nominee from Munshiganj and served as cabinet minister during the years 1979–1982. When the BNP again won parliamentary elections in 1991, after a short stint as Education and Cultural Affairs Minister, he was appointed Deputy Leader of the House of Bangladesh parliament.

==Presidency==
Chowdhury was appointed the [[foreign minister]] of Bangladesh when BNP party came to power in 2001. In November 2001, he was elected the [[List of Presidents of Bangladesh|President of Bangladesh]] by [[Jatiyo Sangshad]] members. Seven months later the incident of him deciding not to visit BNP founder Ziaur Rahman's grave on his death anniversary provoked the party members.<ref name=hindu /><ref name=resign>{{cite news|title=Ghosts of presidents haunt Bangladesh politics |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/06/26/wor02.html |access-date=22 September 2011 |newspaper=Daily News |date=25 June 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021094409/http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/06/26/wor02.html |archive-date=21 October 2012 }}</ref> They accused him of betraying the party. In June 2002, Chowdhury resigned from office as was asked by the ruling party before the situation could turn any murkier.<ref name=bchow>{{cite web |last=Chowdhury |first=Manosh |title=Politics of Secularism in Bangladesh: On the Success of Reducing Political Vocabularies Into Evil 'Islamism |url=https://juniv.academia.edu/ManoshChowdhury/Papers/537723/Politics_of_Secularism_In_Bangladesh_On_the_Success_of_Reducing_Political_Vocabularies_IntoEvilIslamism |publisher=Jahangirnagar University |access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref>

==''Bikalpa Dhara''==
Chowdhury felt the need of a third force in the ''de facto'' two-party democracy in Bangladesh. He expressed recruiting civil society members in politics to fight corruption and terrorism and establish good governance in the country through an ''alternate stream'' (lit. ''Bikalpa Dhara'') political party.<ref name=bdbaus>{{cite web|title=RRT RESEARCH RESPONSE|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:zzFUO7Gc5WYJ:www.mrt-rrt.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/84/bgd30767.pdf.aspx+bikalpa+dhara+bangladesh&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjN0MsYBfLKIhggR2Eo_eLAlsAteTjpocPqK90_PR4lTl-eALwVZIwslqrvl-eWc8zleuHP3OX_MFFqgKoH0s6dTt8Hqps1Ta7aOpzKEztQtf26r8xayX9VcGuIuXajf5ZGKTRJ&sig=AHIEtbRCc_kw47vO7qDrfuCZicrgw6wLpw&pli=1|publisher=Refugee Review Tribunal, AUSTRALIA|access-date=22 September 2011}}</ref> He, along with his son [[Mahi B. Chowdhury]] and BNP parliamentarian M A Mannan resigned from the BNP to work for the new political party. Chowdhury was the president, with M A Mannan as the secretary-general of the new party, [[Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh]], formed in March 2004. It had been a strong critic of the government during the time, and most of its members were defects from the ruling BNP.<ref name=bdbaus />

For a brief period Chowdhury joined with senior statesman [[Oli Ahmed]]. Along with various senior ministers from the BNP cabinet they formed the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh)|Liberal Democratic Party]] (LDP) Bangladesh. This did not last and Chowdhury decided to come out of LDP and concentrate his efforts on reviving Bikalpa Dhara.

Chowdhury has been the party's president since its inception, except for a brief period between December 2008<ref name="resign1">{{cite news|title=Badruddoza, Mannan resign from party posts|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=69498|access-date=22 September 2011|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=1 January 2009}}</ref><ref name="resign2">{{cite news|title=Badruddoza resigns Bikalpadhara presidency |url=http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=121786&cid=30 |access-date=22 September 2011 |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=31 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402071556/http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=121786&cid=30 |archive-date=2 April 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> and April 2009,<ref name="reinstate">{{cite news|title=Badruddoza Chowdhry becomes BDB chief again|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=16181|access-date=22 September 2011|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=9 April 2009}}</ref> during which time he had resigned from his post after the party could secure no seats during the [[2008 Bangladesh general election|9th parliament elections]].<ref name="resign2" />

==Personal life==
Chowdhury is married to Hasina Warda Chowdhury.<ref name=bdnews>{{cite web|url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2014/02/18/khaleda-visits-ailing-b-chowdhury|title=Khaleda visits ailing B Chowdhury|publisher=bdnews24.com|date=18 February 2014}}</ref> Together they have a son, Mahi B. Chowdhury. Chowdhury resides in Baridhara neighbourhood in Dhaka.<ref name=bdnews/>

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