Rabeya Chowdhury | |
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রাবেয়া চৌধুরী | |
Member of Jatiya Sangsad | |
In office 3 September 2005 –29 October 2006 | |
Preceded by | Rabia Bhuiyan |
Succeeded by | Tahura Ali |
Constituency | Reserved Women's Seat-19 |
In office 5 March 1991 –30 March 1996 | |
Succeeded by | Panna Kaiser |
Constituency | Reserved Women's Seat-27 |
In office 2 April 1979 –24 March 1982 | |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | AJ Enayet Nur |
Constituency | Reserved Women's Seat-26 |
Personal details | |
Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
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Rabeya Chowdhury is a prominent Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. She is one of the vice chairpersons of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and also the Comilla District BNP president. She is a former member of the Jatiya Sangsad for four terms from a reserved seat.
Chowdhury was born into a family from Batgram in Comilla District. She was the daughter of politician Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury [1] and poet Razia Khatun Chowdhurani. She married Nasiruddin Chowdhury (d. 2020), a former magistrate, with whom she had two sons and a daughter. [2]
Chowdhury is a senior leader in Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), a vice chairperson in the BNP's Central Committee and also Comilla District BNP president. Chowdhury was elected to parliament from a reserved seat as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979, 1991[ citation needed ] and 2005. [3]