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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Abul Hasan Chowdhury<br />
| native_name = আবুল হাসান চৌধুরী<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| office = State Minister of [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)|Ministry of foreign affairs]]<br />
| image =<br />
| term_start = 1996<br />
| term_end = 2001<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|4|15|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dacca]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]]<br />
| spouse = Nahid Chowdhury<br />
| children = 2<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]]<br />
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<br />
| relatives =[[Abdul Hamid Chowdhury]] (grandfather)<br />
| father=[[Abu Sayeed Chowdhury]]<br />
}}'''Abul Hasan Chowdhury''' ({{lang-bn|আবুল হাসান চৌধুরী}}; born 15 April 1951) is a Bangladeshi politician and the former state [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)|Minister of foreign affairs]] of [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.daily-sun.com/post/38537/Abul-Hasan-ChowdhuryFormer-State-Minister|title=Abul Hasan Chowdhury Former State Minister|last=Sun|first=The Daily|newspaper=Abul Hasan Chowdhury Former State Minister|access-date=2017-01-27|language=en}}</ref> He served as the state minister for foreign affairs from 1996 to 2001 under the [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] government.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Chowdhury was born on 15 April 1951 in [[Dacca]], [[East Bengal]]. He belonged to a [[Bengali Muslim]] ''[[zamindar]]'' family from [[Kalihati Upazila|Nagbari]] in [[Tangail District|Tangail]], then part of [[Mymensingh Division|Mymensingh district]]. He is the eldest son of the former president of Bangladesh, [[Abu Sayeed Chowdhury]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/02/14/hasina-blames-one-person-for-world-bank-pullout-on-padma-bridge|title=Hasina blames "one person" for World Bank pullout on Padma Bridge|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=2017-04-24}}</ref> His grandfather, [[Abdul Hamid Chowdhury]], was a former speaker of the [[East Pakistan Provincial Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|title=সাবেক স্পিকার আব্দুল হামিদ চৌধুরীর ৪৫তম মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ |url=https://archive1.ittefaq.com.bd/print-edition/others/2014/09/04/1680.html |work=[[The Daily Ittefaq]] |access-date=28 December 2019 |archive-date=28 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228171854/https://archive1.ittefaq.com.bd/print-edition/others/2014/09/04/1680.html|language=bn}}</ref><br />
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After completing his primary and secondary education in Dhaka, Chowdhury was admitted to the [[University of Oxford]] where he studied [[philosophy, politics and economics]].<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
Abul Hasan Chowdhury joined the [[Awami League]] in 1990. He won his first election in 1991 from his ancestral constituency, Madhupur. He was the opposition whip and international affairs secretary of Awami league from 1991 to 1996, while the party was in opposition. After winning his second election in 1996 he served as the state minister of foreign affairs.<br />
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== Controversy ==<br />
The World Bank pulled out the $1.2 Bn funding for the Padma bridge project on the grounds that there was conspiracy to commit corruption. Abul Hasan Chowdhury, along with a few others, were accused of using connections in order to acquire the project. The Royal Canada Mounted Police filed a case in Toronto against the accused.<br />
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=== Dismissal of all Charges ===<br />
In 2015, the ACC investigated the case of Padma Bridge Scandal. After the [[World Bank]] continuously pushed the government to take actions against the alleged perpetrators, after 53 days' of investigation, ACC found nobody to be guilty. On the basis of ACC's report, Dhaka district judge court acquitted all the seven government officials who were alleged to have been involved in the corruption plot. Before that, the ACC exonerated [[Syed Abul Hossain]] and ex-state minister for foreign affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury from the allegation of involvement in the corruption conspiracy.<br />
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In 2017, the Canadian court found no proof of Padma bridge conspiracy and the Ontario Superior Court acquitted all, dismissing the case.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/world/north-america/canada-court-finds-no-proof-padma-bridge-graft-conspiracy-1359397|title=Canada court finds no proof of Padma bridge bribery conspiracy|date=2017-02-11|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-20|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Abul Hasan Chowdhury is married to Nahid Chowdhury.<br />
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