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| Office | Minister of State for Environment and Forest |
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| Office | Member of Parliament
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| Term start | 10 October 2001 |
| Term end | 29 October 2006
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| Successor | Hasan Mahmud |
| Predecessor | Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury |
| Successor | Mustafizur Rahaman Chowdhury
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| Constituency | Chittagong-16 |
| Born | 1950-10-14 |
| Born | Banshkhali Upazila, Chittagong District, East Bengal, Pakistan |
| Died | Template:Death date and age |
| Place of death | Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi
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| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party
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| Children | Miskatul Islam Chowdhury
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Jafrul Islam Chowdhury (14 October 1950 – 8 November 2022)[1] was a Bangladeshi politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a four-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-15 constituency.[2] He served as the state minister for the forest and environment ministry in the Third Khaleda Cabinet during 2001–2006.[3]
Early life
Chowdhury was born on 14 October 1950. He completed his undergraduate degree in commerce.[4]
Career
Chowdhury served as a state minister for environment and forest in the Third Khaleda Cabinet.[5] He was nominated by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Chittagong-15 for the 2008 Bangladeshi general election.[6] In June 2009, he was made the joint convenor of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party unit of Chittagong South.[7] In 2010, he served as the Chittagong south district president of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[8] He was the only member of parliament from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the Bangladesh-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group.[9] 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.[10]
Personal life and death
Chowdhury died in Chittagong on 8 November 2022, at the age of 72.[11]
References
- ↑ Ex-state minister Jafrul Islam Chowdhury passes away | News. BSS. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ↑ CUJ programmes to implement wage board. The Daily Star(6 June 2010). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ Bangladesh in India elephant plea(11 August 2004). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ Constituency 292. Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ↑ 'World environment affected for unplanned dev of rich countries'. The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ 15 BNP candidates in Ctg, one for alliance. The Daily Star(30 November 2008). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ BNP announces names of conveners, jt conveners. The Daily Star(10 June 2009). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ Country has plunged into disastrous situation. The Daily Star(31 March 2010). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ 10 MPs to visit Japan to meet Jica high-ups. The Daily Star(17 July 2012). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ 8 more charged with burning 11 to death. The Daily Star(13 September 2011). Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ↑ BNP leader Jafrul Islam Chowdhury passes away. Dhaka Tribune(8 November 2022). Retrieved 8 November 2022.