Abdur Rouf Chowdhury

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Abdur Rouf Chowdhury
Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)
In office
27 February 1991 – 15 February 1996
Preceded byAhsan Habib Lincoin
Succeeded byShahidul Islam
In office
7 March 1973 – 18 February 1979
Succeeded byZillur Rahman
Personal details
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Abdur Rouf Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, former Member of Parliament of Kushtia-2.

Career[edit]

Chowdhury was a veteran of Bangladesh Liberation War.[1]


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

Chowdhury refused to participate in the February 1996 election due to no party other than Bangladesh Nationalist Party contesting the election.[5] The nomination went to Shahidul Islam.[6]


His son, barrister Raghib Rauf Chowdhury, is the Office Secretary of the Lawyers unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ex-BNP MP in Kushtia faces seven cases". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  2. ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ Bangladesh. Embassy of Bangladesh. 1974. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Electoral Area Result Statistics". Amarmp. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Ex-BNP MP in Kushtia faces seven cases". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  6. ^ "Ex-BNP MP in Kushtia faces seven cases". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  7. ^ "Kushtia 2 constituency: Multiple candidates in ruling, opposition alliances". Dhaka Tribune. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2020.