Masud Uddin Chowdhury | |
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Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Feni-3 | |
In office 30 January 2019 –6 August 2024 | |
Preceded by | Rahim Ullah |
9th Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division | |
In office 5 June 2007 –2 June 2008 | |
President | Iajuddin Ahmed |
Prime Minister | Fakhruddin Ahmed (acting) |
Preceded by | Jahangir Alam Chowdhury |
Succeeded by | Md Abdul Mubeen |
Personal details | |
Born | Feni,East Bengal,Pakistan | 30 June 1954
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Spouse | Jasmin Masud |
Education | M.D.S (NU),Postgraduation [1] |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Bangladesh |
Branch/service | Bangladesh Army National Defence Force |
Years of service | 1972-2008 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Unit | East Bengal Regiment |
Commands |
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Battles/wars | Bangladesh Liberation War |
Masud Uddin Chowdhury is a retired lieutenant general of the Bangladesh Army and a politician who belongs to Jatiya Party. [2] [3] He is the former chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime. [4]
Chowdhury was an officer of the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini and was made a Bangladesh Army officer after the Jatiya Rakhi Bahini was absorbed into the army. [5]
Chowdhury was appointed director general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence in 2003 by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. [5]
Chowdhury served as a principal staff officer of the Bangladesh Armed Forces Division. [6] He also served as the general officer commanding (GOC) of 9 Infantry Division and area commander of Savar area and GOC 33 Infantry Division and area commander Comilla area. [7] In 2007,he was the chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime during the caretaker government rule during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis. [8] [9] He attended the 10th Annual Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defence conference in the United States. [10] Tarique Rahman,son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia,told United States diplomat Geeta Pasi that he was tortured on the orders of Chowdhury in military custody. [11] Pasi reported it was surprising as Chowdhury was believed to have been close to Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [11]
In January 2008,Chowdhury was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed to the National Defence College. [5] [3] Chowdhury was the High Commissioner for Bangladesh to Australia from June 2008 to 2014. [12] [13] [14] He founded Picasso restaurant in Dhaka. [7]
In 2017,Chowdhury filed a case under section-57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act,2006 against Afsan Chowdhury. [7]
Chowdhury became the member of parliament for Feni-3 in 2018 and again in 2024 by Jatiya Party ticket with the support of Awami League. [15] [16]
Chowdhury is the president of Baridhara Cosmopolitan Club Limited. [17] He was re-elected president of the club in 2018. [18]
Chowdhury's brother in law,Sayeed Iskander,was the brother of a former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. [7]
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