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Jafrul Islam Chowdhury


Chowdhury in 2003

Office Minister of State for Environment and Forest
Office Member of Parliament




Term start 10 October 2001
Term end 29 October 2006


Successor Hasan Mahmud
Predecessor Mahmudul Karim Chowdhury
Successor Mustafizur Rahaman Chowdhury


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


Political party Bangladesh Nationalist Party


Children Miskatul Islam Chowdhury




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

  1. Ex-state minister Jafrul Islam Chowdhury passes away | News. BSS. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  2. CUJ programmes to implement wage board. The Daily Star(6 June 2010). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. Bangladesh in India elephant plea(11 August 2004). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. Constituency 292. Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  5. 'World environment affected for unplanned dev of rich countries'. The Daily Star. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  6. 15 BNP candidates in Ctg, one for alliance. The Daily Star(30 November 2008). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  7. BNP announces names of conveners, jt conveners. The Daily Star(10 June 2009). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  8. Country has plunged into disastrous situation. The Daily Star(31 March 2010). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  9. 10 MPs to visit Japan to meet Jica high-ups. The Daily Star(17 July 2012). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  10. 8 more charged with burning 11 to death. The Daily Star(13 September 2011). Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  11. BNP leader Jafrul Islam Chowdhury passes away. Dhaka Tribune(8 November 2022). Retrieved 8 November 2022.

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