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'''Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky''' (also spelled '''Chowdhury Tanvir Ahmed Siddiky''') is a [[Bangladesh]]i [[politician]]. He is one of the founding members of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP). He served as the State Minister for Commerce<ref name="FEER">{{cite magazine|last=Kamaluddin|first=S.|date=July 1980|title=Bangladesh's Open Door Policy|magazine=Far Eastern Economic Review|page=243}}</ref> in the cabinet of President [[Ziaur Rahman]] and President [[Abdus Sattar (president)|Abdus Sattar]]. He served as the senior-most member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) highest decision making body, the National Standing Committee, until he was expelled from the party in March 2009, which was withdrawn in November 2018 and he was reinstated in his previous party position.<ref name="Dhaka Tribune">{{cite news|title=BNP withdraws expulsion order against Tanvir Siddiqi, 7 others|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2018/11/12/bnp-withdraws-expulsion-order-against-tanvir-siddiqi-7-others}}</ref> He had previously served as the president of [[FBCCI]], the body that regulates businessmen in Bangladesh, in 1979 and DCCI in '76–'78.<ref name="ds17Oct2008">{{cite news|title='Political parties must work together to save democracy'|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=59000|work=The Daily Star|date=17 October 2008}}</ref>

==Early life==
Siddiky was born in 1939. He is the grandson of [[Khan Bahadur]] [[Chowdhury Kazemuddin Ahmed Siddiky]], the co-founder of the Assam-Bengal [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] during the British rule and one of the founders of the [[University of Dhaka]].<ref>Taifur, Muhammad, "A History of Dhaka", Dhaka, University Press Ltd, 1994, pp. 76</ref><ref>Richards, Sir John F.(1996). The Mughal Empire ([[The New Cambridge History of India]]). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; p.1444</ref><ref>{{cite news|script-title=bn:ডিসিসি নির্বাচন নিয়ে সরগরম রাজধানী, জনসংযোগ শুরু|url=http://www.dailyjanakantha.com/news_view.php?nc=15&dd=2012-04-12&ni=93060|language=bn|newspaper=The Daily Janakantha|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215225913/http://www.dailyjanakantha.com/news_view.php?nc=15&dd=2012-04-12&ni=93060|archive-date=15 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
Siddiky is the founder treasurer of the BNP and was a member of the National Standing Committee since its inception. He was a member of the second parliament and served as the Commerce minister in 1979–81. Siddiky was the president of FBCCI in 1979 and [[Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry|DCCI]] in '76–'78 and worked as director of former [[National Bank of Pakistan]] and [[Janata Bank]].<ref name="ds17Oct2008"/> During the term of Military dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Tanbir Siddiky was convicted of corruption by the martial law court and served 3 years of a 14-year sentence before being released during the Anti-Ershad Movement. In March 2009, he was expelled from the BNP for violating party discipline.<ref name="Star3-19-09" /> Tanbir Siddiky had been present at a press conference where his son made allegations against the BNP Chairperson [[Begum Zia]] and other politicians. His son Chowdhury Irad Ahmed Siddiky was a candidate for the Mayor of Dhaka North in 2015. Tanbir Siddiky did not speak out against his son's actions until the next day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chy Tanbir expelled from BNP|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=80226|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=18 March 2011|accessdate=1 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="Star12-7-09">{{cite news|title=Hasina invited to BNP council|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/print_news.php?nid=116715|work=The Daily Star|date=7 December 2009|accessdate=5 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tanbir says son lied|url=http://dev-bd.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=127006&cid=3|newspaper=BDNews24|date=15 March 2009|accessdate=1 July 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130118060300/http://dev-bd.bdnews24.com/details.php?id=127006&cid=3|archivedate=18 January 2013}}</ref> Tanbir Siddiky has stated that the expulsion was contrary to the party's constitution.<ref name="Star3-19-09">{{cite news|title=Tanbir urges party to lift expulsion|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=80307|work=The Daily Star|date=19 March 2009|accessdate=5 December 2012}}</ref> He was reinstated in his previous party position in November 2018 and participated in the 2018 National Elections as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's candidate from Gazipur-1.<ref name="Dhaka Tribune" />

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[[Category:Former parliament members from Dhaka-18]]
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[[Category:State Ministers of Commerce (Bangladesh)]]
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[[Category:Notre Dame College, Dhaka alumni]]
[[Category:6th Jatiya Sangsad members]]

Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky - Revision history

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