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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1950–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jafrul Islam Chowdhury
| native_name = জাফরুল ইসলাম চৌধুরী
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = [[Ministry of Environment and Forest (Bangladesh)|Minister of State for Environment and Forest]]
| term_start = 10 October 2001
| term_end = 29 October 2006
| primeminister = [[Khaleda Zia]]
| successor = [[Hasan Mahmud (politician)|Hasan Mahmud]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency1 = [[Chittagong-16]]
| term_start1 = 20 December 2008
| term_end1 = 20 November 2013
| predecessor1 = [[Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury]]
| successor1 = [[Mustafizur Rahaman Chowdhury]]
| constituency2 = [[Chittagong-15]]
| term_start2 = 19 March 1996
| term_end2 = 29 October 2006
| predecessor2 = [[Sultanul Kabir Chowdhury]]
| successor2 = [[Shamsul Islam (Chittagong politician)|A.N.M Shamsul Islam]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|10|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Banshkhali Upazila]], [[Chittagong District]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|8|1950|10|14|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Chittagong]], Bangladesh
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| children = Miskatul Islam Chowdhury
| image = Jafrul Islam CHOWDHURY (cropped).jpg
| caption = Chowdhury in 2003
}}

'''Jafrul Islam Chowdhury''' (14 October 1950 – 8 November 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ex-state minister Jafrul Islam Chowdhury passes away {{!}} News |url=https://www.bssnews.net/news/92760 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=BSS}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi politician of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] and a four-term [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Chittagong-15]] constituency.<ref>{{cite news |title=CUJ programmes to implement wage board |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-141581 |access-date=28 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=6 June 2010 |language=en}}</ref> He served as the state minister for the forest and environment ministry in the [[Third Khaleda Cabinet]] during 2001–2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh in India elephant plea |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3556550.stm |access-date=28 February 2018 |publisher=BBC News |date=11 August 2004}}</ref>

==Early life==
Chowdhury was born on 14 October 1950. He completed his undergraduate degree in commerce.<ref name=9th>{{Cite web |title=Constituency 292 |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla?layout=edit&id=968 |access-date=25 September 2020 |website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref>

==Career==
Chowdhury served as a state minister for environment and forest in the [[Third Khaleda Cabinet]].<ref>{{cite news |title='World environment affected for unplanned dev of rich countries' |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/2006/08/03/d60803060682.htm |access-date=28 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |agency=BSS}}</ref> He was nominated by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Chittagong-15 for the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=15 BNP candidates in Ctg, one for alliance |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-65570 |access-date=28 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=30 November 2008 |language=en}}</ref> In June 2009, he was made the joint convenor of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party unit of Chittagong South.<ref>{{cite news |title=BNP announces names of conveners, jt conveners |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-91979 |access-date=28 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=10 June 2009 |language=en}}</ref> In 2010, he served as the Chittagong south district president of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.<ref>{{cite news |title=Country has plunged into disastrous situation |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-132349 |access-date=28 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=31 March 2010 |language=en}}</ref> He was the only member of parliament from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the Bangladesh-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group.<ref>{{cite news |title=10 MPs to visit Japan to meet Jica high-ups |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-242435 |access-date=28 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=17 July 2012 |language=en}}</ref> His cousin, Aminur Rahman Chowdhury, was charged with being involved in the murder of 11 members of a Hindu family in the [[Banshkhali carnage case]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 September 2011 |title=8 more charged with burning 11 to death |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-202284 |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Chowdhury died in Chittagong on 8 November 2022, at the age of 72.<ref>{{cite news |title=BNP leader Jafrul Islam Chowdhury passes away |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2022/11/08/bnp-leader-jafrul-islam-chowdhury-passes-away |access-date=8 November 2022 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=8 November 2022}}</ref>

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