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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury<br />
| native_name = মাহমুদ উস সামাদ চৌধুরী<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| constituency_MP = [[Sylhet-3]]<br />
| term_start = 29 December 2008<br />
| term_end = 11 March 2021<br />
| predecessor = [[Shafi Ahmad Chowdhury]]<br />
| successor = [[Habibur Rahman Habib]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1955|01|03|df=y}}<ref name="Pinfo"/><br />
| birth_place = [[Sylhet District]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|03|11|1955|01|03|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
| resting_place = [[Nurpur, Fenchuganj]], [[Sylhet District]], Bangladesh<br />
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<br />
| occupation = Politician, buinessperson<ref name="Pinfo"/><br />
}}<br />
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'''Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury''' (3 January 1955 – 11 March 2021) was a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Sylhet-3]] constituency for three terms.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Chowdhury was born on 3 January 1955 in [[Nurpur, Fenchuganj]] to Delwar Hossain Chowdhury and Asiya Khanom Chowdhury. He was the sixth of seven brothers and had four elder sisters.The wider family mostly reside in UK and US.<ref name="নিকগে">{{cite book|url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/QLExternalFilesEng/per2014.pdf|title=বাংলাদেশ গেজেট : অতিরিক্ত সংখ্যা|author=|date=8 January 2014|editor=|publisher=[[Bangladesh Election Commission]]|location=[[Dhaka]]|page=224|ISBN=|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124051706/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/QLExternalFilesEng/per2014.pdf|archive-date=24 January 2022}}</ref> He had an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] degree, which he obtained from a university in the UK.<ref name="Pinfo">{{Cite web|title=Constituency 231_11th_En|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/bn/contact-bangla/2014-04-03-14-23-28/309-mps-category/mps-of-11th-parliament/3791-constituency-231-11th-en|access-date=2021-05-27|website=www.parliament.gov.bd}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
[[File:Mosque in Sylhet.jpg|thumb|Chowdhury built the Delwar Hossain Chowdhury Jame Mosque in Nurpur, named after his father.]]<br />
Chowdhury was elected to Parliament from Sylhet-3 on 5 January 2014 as an [[Awami League]] candidate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury History |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/680/history |website=Amarmp |access-date=11 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He was a member of [[Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association]].<ref>{{cite web |title=members |url=http://www.bgmea.com.bd/member/details/22068 |publisher=bgmea.com.bd |access-date=11 December 2022}}</ref> Chowdhury also served as the Vice-President of the Awami League's [[Sylhet District]] Unit.<ref name=dhaka/><br />
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==Death==<br />
After contracting [[COVID-19]], during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]], Chowdhury was taken to [[United Hospital, Dhaka]] where he died on 11 March 2021.<ref name=dhaka>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2021/03/11/sylhet-3-mp-mahmud-samad-dies-of-covid-19|title=Sylhet 3 MP Mahmud Samad dies of Covid-19|work=Dhaka Tribune|date=11 March 2021|access-date=11 March 2021}}</ref> A [[Bangladesh Air Force]] helicopter later took his body to his home upazila of Fenchuganj, landing at the Natural Gas Fertiliser Factory playground. Thereafter, an ambulance transported him to his residence, the Nurpur Borobari, and his [[janaza]] was conducted at [[Kasim Ali Model High School]]. He was then buried in his family graveyard in Nurpur.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/540856/Sylhet3-MP-Mahmud-Samad-laid-to-rest|title=Sylhet-3 MP Mahmud Samad laid to rest|date=12 March 2021|website=Daily Sun (Bangladesh)}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:People from Fenchuganj Upazila]]<br />
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]<br />
[[Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
[[Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
[[Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]]<br />
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