Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury

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Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury
MP
খালিদ মাহমুদ চৌধুরী
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Chowdhury in May 2018
Minister of State for Shipping
Assumed office
11 January 2024

Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury (born 1 January 1970) [1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament representing the Dinajpur-2 constituency. He is the current Minister of State for Shipping of Bangladesh. [2] He was a former Organizational Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League.

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Early life

Chowdhury was born on 31 January 1970. He has a bachelor's degree in commerce. [1]

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Dinajpur-2 in 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024 for four consecutive times. [1] He is the Organizing Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League. In September 2018, he asked people in the region not to worry about the National Register of Citizens, being carried out in India. He said this while on a trip to India. [3] He was named state minister of shipping on 6 January 2019 in the 4th cabinet of Sheikh Hasina. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Constituency 07_11th_En". parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. Correspondent, Senior; bdnews24.com. "State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud contracts COVID-19". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. "Don't fret over NRC: Bangladesh MP Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury". The Hindu. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  4. "Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury named State minister of shipping".