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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}

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| name = Abu Taher Abdul Muntaquim Chaudhury
| native_name = আবু তাহের আব্দুল মুন্তাকীম চৌধুরী
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| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start = 1962
| term_end = 1965
| constituency = [[Sylhet-III]]
| successor = [[Md. Keramat Ali|Mohammad Keramat Ali]]
| president = [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]]
| office2 = Member of the [[East Pakistan Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 7 December 1970
| term_end2 = 5 March 1971
| office3 = Member of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]]
| term_start3 = 7 March 1973
| term_end3 = 6 November 1976
| constituency3 = [[Sylhet-13]]
| successor3 = [[Abdul Jabbar (Moulvibazar politician)|Abdul Jabbar]]
| primeminister3 = [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]
| birth_date = 2 September 1929
| birth_place = Hailakandi, [Barak Valley] [[British Raj]]
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| party = [[Awami League]]
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| children = Tulip Chaudhury Peony Chaudhury
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| alma_mater = Aligarh Muslim University, St Xavier’s College - University of Calcutta, Lincoln’s Inn
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| profession = Barrister
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'''Abdul Muntaquim Chaudhury''' ({{lang-bn|আব্দুল মুন্তাকীম চৌধুরী}}) is a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] politician, barrister and lawyer. He was a Member of the [[List of members of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan|3rd National Assembly of Pakistan]] and the 1st [[Jatiya Sangsad]].<ref name=gov>{{cite web|url=http://www.moulvibazar.gov.bd/site/page/34735a2c-0757-11e7-a6c5-286ed488c766/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC|script-title=bn:মৌলভীবাজার জেলার প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব|website=[[Moulvibazar District]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200829094150/http://www.moulvibazar.gov.bd/site/page/34735a2c-0757-11e7-a6c5-286ed488c766/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC|archive-date=29 August 2020|language=bn}}</ref>

==Early life and background==
Chaudhury was born in Hailakandi in the [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet district]] of the [[British Raj]]'s [[Assam Province]]. He belonged to an upper-class [[Bengali Muslim]] family known as the [[Zamindars of Kanihati]]. His elder brother was Abdul Munim Chaudhury.<ref>{{cite book|last=Qurashi|first=Ishfaq|chapter=পশ্চিম বাড়ী|script-title=bn:শাহজালাল(রঃ) এবং শাহদাউদ কুরায়শী(রঃ)|language=bn|trans-title=Shahjalal and Shah Dawud Qurayshi (R)}}</ref> His father, [[Khan Bahadur]] Tajammul Ali Chaudhury, was the deputy commissioner and ''[[Hakim (title)|hakim]]'' of [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Smriti o Pratiti|first=Brajendra Nārāẏaṇ|last=Chaudhurī|year=1982|publisher=[[University of California]]}}</ref> and the author of the ''Tawārīkh-i-Halīmī'' (1894).<ref>{{cite book|title=Catalogue of Bengali Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum|year=1886|publisher=[[British Museum]]|last=Blumhardt|first=James Fuller|page=[https://archive.org/details/supplofbenga00brituoft/page/n150 276]|url=https://archive.org/details/supplofbenga00brituoft}}</ref>

==Career==
Chaudhury was a member of the [[List of members of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan|3rd National Assembly of Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Members of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan from 1962-1964 |url=http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/3rd%20National%20Assembly.pdf |website=na.gov.pk |access-date=6 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Assembly |first1=Pakistan National |title=Debates: Official Report |year=1965 |publisher=Manager of Publications. |page=84 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-tPAQAAMAAJ&q=Abdul+Muntaquim+Chaudhury |language=en}}</ref>

He supported numerous movements at the time such as the [[Bengali Language Movement]] and the [[Six point movement]]. During the [[1970 Pakistani provincial elections]], he was elected as a member of the [[Pakistan National Assembly]] as an [[Awami League]] candidate.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf|script-title=bn:১ম জাতীয় সংসদে নির্বাচিত মাননীয় সংসদ-সদস্যদের নামের তালিকা|language=bn|website=[[Jatiya Sangsad]]|publisher=[[Government of Bangladesh]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909153327/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf|archive-date=9 September 2022}}</ref>

Chaudhury played an organising role during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] of 1971. Following independence, he was a member of the drafting committee of the [[Constitution of Bangladesh]] and played an important role regarding Article 70. He had argued against keeping a provision in the Constitution of Bangladesh that allowed for the expulsion of parliamentary members from parliament if they get expelled from their party.<ref>{{cite news |title=20th Anniversary Supplement |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2011/anniversary/section2/pg9.htm |access-date=6 April 2021 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref>

In the [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973 Bangladeshi elections]], Chaudhury won the [[Sylhet-13]] constituency, again as an [[Awami League]] candidate. His initial roles with the [[Government of Bangladesh]] included serving as the ambassador to [[Japan]], [[East Germany]] and [[South Korea]], initiating activities which led to the [[Textile industry in Bangladesh]]. Chaudhury's close relationship with [[Chuko Hayakawa|Hayakawa]] made him regarded as the architect of [[Bangladesh–Japan relations]]. One of the outcomes of this fruitful relationship was the establishment of the [[Japan Bank for International Cooperation|JBIC]]-funded [[Pan Pacific Sonargaon]] hotel in [[Dhaka]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.hil-bd.org/about/ |website=hil-bd.org |access-date=20 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720225218/https://www.hil-bd.org/about/ |archive-date=20 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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[[Category:Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Japan]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of Bangladesh to South Korea]]
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