Abdur Rouf Chowdhury

Abdur Rauf Chowdhury
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Kushtia-2
In office
27 February 1991 – 15 February 1996
Preceded byAhsan Habib Lincoln
Succeeded byShahidul Islam
In office
7 March 1973 – 18 February 1979
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byZillur Rahman
Personal details
Died (aged 81)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
ChildrenRaghib Rauf Chowdhury

Abdur Rauf Chowdhury (died on 24 July 2014)[1] was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician who was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Kushtia-2 constituency.

Career

Chowdhury was a veteran of Bangladesh Liberation War.[2]

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Kushtia-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973.[3][4] He was elected in 1991 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate from Kushtia-3.[5]

Chowdhury refused to participate in the February 1996 election due to no party other than the Bangladesh Nationalist Party contesting the election.[2] The nomination went to Shahidul Islam.[2]

Chowdhury died on 24 July 2014 in Dhaka.[6]

Personal life

Chowdhury's son, barrister Raghib Rauf Chowdhury, is the office secretary of the lawyers unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[7]

References

  1. ↑ কুষ্টিয়া সাবেক সাংসদ আব্দুর রউফ চৌধুরীর মৃত্যু. bdnews24.com. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ex-BNP MP in Kushtia faces seven cases". The Daily Star. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Bangladesh. Embassy of Bangladesh. 1974. p. 4.
  5. ↑ "Electoral Area Result Statistics". Amarmp. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ↑ সাবেক সাংসদ আবদুর রউফের ইন্তেকাল. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 25 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Kushtia 2 constituency: Multiple candidates in ruling, opposition alliances". Dhaka Tribune. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2020.


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