Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury | |
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গিয়াস উদ্দিন কাদের চৌধুরী | |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 14 July 1996 –13 July 2001 | |
Preceded by | Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury |
Succeeded by | A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury |
Constituency | Chittagong-6 |
In office 10 July 1986 –6 December 1987 | |
Preceded by | Golam Akbar Khandaker |
Succeeded by | Nazrul Islam |
Constituency | Chittagong-7 |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Other political affiliations | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
Relations | Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury (brother) AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury (uncle) ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury (cousin) Salman F Rahman (cousin) |
Children | Sameer Quader Chowdhury |
Parent(s) | Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry (father) Syeda Selima Quader (mother) |
Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from Chittagong-6 and Chittagong-7 constituencies. [1]
Chowdhury's candidacy in the 2008 election was cancelled by the returning officer of Bangladesh Election Commission as a court order that cleared him a loan defaulting case did not reach the commissions office before the deadline. [2]
In November 2009,Chowdhury's residence was attacked allegedly by Awami League activists. [3]
On 20 May 2010,Chowdhury collected nominations papers to contest the Chittagong City Corporation mayoral elections. [4] In September 2010,an arrest warrant was issued against him and his brother,Saifuddin Quader Chowdhury,on a bad check case. [5]
Two of Chowdhury's followers were lynched by a mob when they were fleeing after shooting a local Jubo League leader on 24 October 2013. [6]
Chowdhury is a vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party as of August 2016. [7] [8] He is the former President of Chittagong District (north) unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [9] He is a director of QC Container Line Ltd and QC Shipping Ltd,both of which are family-owned companies. [10] He is also a director of Dacca Dyeing. [11]
On 3 June 2018,Chowdhury secured bail in two cases,one over threatening Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and another over vandalizing cars,from the High Court Division. [12]
On 30 October 2019,Chowdhury was sentenced to three years imprisonment for making derogatory comments about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [13] He went on the run after securing a bail from the High Court Division. [13]
Chowdhury's father,Fazlul Quader Chowdhury,was the speaker of the parliament of Pakistan. [14] His brother,Salauddin Quader Chowdhury,was a former member of parliament and convicted war criminal. [15] [16] He has three other brothers,and Salman F. Rahman is his cousin. [10]
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