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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Mafiz Ali Chowdhury<br />
| office = Member of Parliament<br />
| term_start = 1973<br />
| term_end = 1976<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = [[Abdul Alim (politician)|Abdul Alim]]<br />
| birth_date = 1919<br />
| birth_place = [[Mongalbari]], [[Joypurhat District]], [[East Bengal]], [[British Raj]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1994|5|30|1919}}<br />
| death_place = <br />
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<br />
| image = Mafiz Ali Chowdhury.png<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mafiz Ali Chowdhury''' (1919–1994) was a Bangladeshi politician who was part of the [[Awami League|Bangladesh Awami League]] and a former Minister and Member of Parliament.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bhuiyan|first1=Md Abdul Wadud|title=Emergence of Bangladesh and role of Awami League|date=1982|publisher=Vikas|isbn=9780706917734|page=193|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wjtuAAAAMAAJ&q=Mafiz+Chowdhury+awami+league|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=News Review on South Asia and Indian Ocean|date=1972|publisher=Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses.|page=133|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VVU8AAAAMAAJ&q=Mafiz+Chowdhury+awami+league|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Chowdhury was born in 1919 in [[Mongalbari]], [[Joypurhat District]], [[East Bengal]], [[British Raj]]. He graduated from Kolkata Presidency College with a Bachelor of Science and completed his Master of Science in 1937 from the [[University of Dhaka]]. In 1949, he completed his Doctor of Philosophy from Lehigh University. He was a member of the London-based [[Royal Society of Chemistry]].<ref name="mac">{{cite web|last1=Akbar|first1=Md. Ali|title=Chowdhury, Mafiz Ali|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chowdhury,_Mafiz_Ali|website=en.banglapedia.org|publisher=Banglapedia|accessdate=14 January 2018|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Chowdhury became involved with politics while still a student, joining the All India Muslim Chhatra Samity (All India Muslim Student Association). He was elected to the working committee of the All India Muslim Chhatra Samity. He campaigned for the removal of the [[Holwell Monument]]. He joined the Awami League in 1963 and participated in the 1966 [[Six point movement]] of the league. He edited the journal Swadesh during the 1960s. He took part in the mass uprisings of 1969 in [[East Pakistan]].{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}<br />
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In 1970, he was elected to the [[Pakistan National Assembly]] from Bogra-1 as a candidate of Awami League. He led the non-cooperation movement in Bogra in 1971. He was in the Bangladeshi delegation to the [[United Nations]] led by Justice [[Abu Sayeed Chowdhury]] in 1971. After the independence of Bangladesh, he was included in the 1972 cabinet of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]. He was elected to the [[Jatiya Sangsad|Parliament of Bangladesh]] in 1973 from Bogra-1 as a candidate of the [[Bangladesh Awami League]]. He was made the Minister of Natural Wealth, Science and Technology Research and Atomic Energy in 1973. He was the Deputy Leader of the Bangladeshi delegation to the [[United Nations General Assembly]] in 1975.<ref name="mac" /><br />
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==Death==<br />
Chowdhury died on 30 May 1994.<ref name="mac" /><br />
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