Abdur Rauf Chowdhury

Abdur Rouf Chowdhury
আব্দুর রউফ চৌধুরি
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Dinajpur-1
In office
1996–2001
Preceded bySyed Ahmed Reza Hossain
Succeeded byAbdullah Al Kafi
State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Ministry
Personal details
Born1929 or 1930
Died (aged 77)
Bochaganj, Dinajpur[1]
PartyBangladesh Awami League

Abdur Rouf Chowdhury (died 20 October 2007) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of parliament from Dinajpur-1.

Career

Chowdhury was president of the Dinajpur district Awami League. He was elected to parliament in 1996 from Dinajpur-1. He was the state minister for post and telecommunication in the first Sheikh Hasina Cabinet.[1]

Death and legacy

Chowdhury died on 20 October 2007 in Bochaganj upazila in Dinajpur district. He had one son and five daughters.[1] In 2019, his son, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, was state minister of the Ministry of Shipping.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "AL leader Abdur Rouf Chowdhury passes away". The Daily Star. 22 October 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Hasina names 47-member new cabinet to be sworn in Monday". 6 January 2019. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023.