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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury
|native_name=গিয়াস উদ্দিন কাদের চৌধুরী
|native_name_lang=bn
|office=[[Member of Parliament]]
|constituency=[[Chittagong-7]]
|term_start=10 July 1986
|term_end=6 December 1987
|predecessor=[[Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury]]
|successor=Md. Nazrul Islam
|constituency1=[[Chittagong-6]]
|term_start1=14 July 1996
|term_end1=13 July 2001
|predecessor1=[[Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury]]
|successor1=[[A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury]]
|party=[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
|birth_place =
|parents = [[Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry]] (father)<br>Syeda Selima Quader (mother)
|children = Sameer Quader Chowdhury
|relatives =[[Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury]] (Brother)
|nationality=Bangladeshi
}}

'''Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury''' is a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician and a former [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from [[Chittagong-6]] and [[Chittagong-7]] constituencies.<ref>{{cite news |title=Infighting now foils Ctg south BNP meeting|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/infighting-now-foils-ctg-south-bnp-meeting-1399939 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=3 May 2017 |access-date=3 August 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Chowdhury's candidacy in the 2008 election was cancelled by the returning officer of Bangladesh Election Commission as a court order that cleared him a loan defaulting case did not reach the commissions office before the deadline.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Barua|first=Dwaipayan|last2=Alamgir|first2=Nur Uddin|last3=Chittagong|date=2008-12-05|title=33 denied tickets in Ctg district|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-66233|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

In November 2009, Chowdhury's residence was attacked allegedly by Awami League activists.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-11-09|title=Delwar condemns attack on house of GQ Chy|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-113502|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

On 20 May 2010, Chowdhury collected nominations papers to contest the [[Chittagong City Corporation]] mayoral elections.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Report|first=Star|date=2010-05-20|title=Nomination papers to be filed quietly|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-139250|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> In September 2010, an arrest warrant was issued against him and his brother, [[Saifuddin Quader Chowdhury]], on a bad check case.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Law and Our Rights|url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/law/2010/09/02/week.htm|access-date=2022-01-03|website=archive.thedailystar.net}}</ref>

Two of Chowdhury's followers were lynched by a mob when they were fleeing after shooting a local [[Jubo League]] leader on 24 October 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Correspondent|first=Staff|last2=Ctg|date=2013-10-24|title=Mob beats 2 to death in Ctg|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/mob-beats-2-to-death-in-ctg|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Chowdhury is a vice chairman of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] as of August 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Humam doesn't know where he was all these days|url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/141087/Humam-doesn%E2%80%99t-know-where-he-was-all-these-days|newspaper=Prothom Alo|access-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804012556/http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/141087/Humam-doesn%E2%80%99t-know-where-he-was-all-these-days|archive-date=4 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BNP names members of its leaders' families in new committee |url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2016/08/07/bnp-names-members-of-its-leaders-families-in-new-committee |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> He is the former President of Chittagong District (north) unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.<ref>{{cite news |title=Defamation case: Charges framed against Giasuddin Chy |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/51827/Defamation-case-Charges-framed-against-Giasuddin |newspaper=Prothom Alo |access-date=3 August 2017 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613031514/http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/51827/Defamation-case-Charges-framed-against-Giasuddin |archive-date=13 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a director of QC Container Line Ltd and QC Shipping Ltd, both of which are family-owned companies.<ref name="ret">{{cite news |title=Feuding SQ Chy family wanders in legal maze|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/02/14/d60214011310.htm|newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> He is also a director of Dacca Dyeing.<ref>{{cite web|title=D A C C A D Y E I N G|url=http://www.dacca-dyeing.com/shareholders.php|website=dacca-dyeing.com|accessdate=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803213203/http://www.dacca-dyeing.com/shareholders.php|archive-date=3 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 3 June 2018, Chowdhury secured bail in two cases, one over threatening Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and another over vandalizing cars, from the High Court Division.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Report|first=Star Online|date=2018-06-03|title=BNP leader Giasuddin gets bail|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/bnp-leader-giasuddin-gets-bail-1585714|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

On 30 October 2019, Chowdhury was sentenced to three years imprisonment for making derogatory comments about Prime Minister [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Report|first=Star Online|date=2019-10-30|title=Derogatory remarks against PM: BNP leader jailed for 3yrs|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/news/bnp-leader-gias-gets-3yrs-jail-derogatory-remarks-against-pm-1820833|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> He went on the run after securing a bail from the [[High Court Division]].<ref name=":0" />

==Personal life==
Chowdhury's father, [[Fazlul Quader Chowdhury]], was the speaker of the parliament of Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news |title=War-time terror Salauddin Quader Chy to die |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/10/01/war-time-terror-salauddin-quader-chy-to-die |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> His brother, [[Salauddin Quader Chowdhury]], was a former member of parliament and convicted war criminal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hanged war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury's son returns home after seven months |url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2017/03/03/hanged-war-criminal-salauddin-quader-chowdhurys-son-returns-home-after-seven-months |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Salauddin Quader's family speaks to media at 1971 Goods Hill torture chamber |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/11/23/salauddin-quaders-family-speaks-to-media-at-1971-goods-hill-torture-chamber |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref> He has three other brothers, and [[Salman F. Rahman]] is his cousin.<ref name="ret" />

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>Vinegarymass911 at 06:54, 3 January 2022