Abdul Matin Chowdhury (1944 – 4 August 2012) was a Bangladeshi politician. He served as the vice president and joint secretary general of

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

(BNP). He was appointed as the

Minister of Home Affairs An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

at the first Khaleda Zia cabinet during 1991–1996. He was elected to the

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

four times since 1979.

Career

Chowdhury was a Muslim League politician before 1971. He was a member of the BNP's standing committee from 1991 to 2008.

Death

Matin Chowdhury died on 4 August 2012.

References

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