Abu Solaiman Chowdhury was a

Bangladeshi Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...

freedom fighter and former cabinet secretary of Bangladesh.

Biography

Abu Solaiman Chowdhury joined

Bangladesh Administrative Service The Bangladesh Administrative Service (BAS) is the premier civil service cadre of the Bangladesh Civil Service, and which formulates and executes the policies of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh of which it is an inseparable pa ...

in 1973. He served as Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka and Pabna . He also served as Divisional Commissioner of Dhaka Division, Director Prime Minister's Office and Secretary of Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Cultural Affairs,

Ministry of Liberation War Affairs The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়) (abbreviated as MoLWA) is the ministry responsible for the preservation of war memorials and the welfare of Fre ...

, President's Office and

Cabinet Division The Cabinet Division ( bn, মন্ত্রিপরিষদ বিভাগ) is the executive office of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. As a division of the Government of Bangladesh, the office is responsible for the executive administrat ...

. When he was the Secretary of

he played an important role in shifting the grave of Matiur Rahman from Pakistan to Bangladesh. Besides, he also served as Chairman of Bangladesh Privatization Commission and Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation. He also connected with Chattogram Samity in Dhaka. He died on 27 September 2019 in United Hospital, Dhaka.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chowdhury, Abu Solaiman Bangladeshi civil servants 1950 births 2019 deaths People from Banshkhali Upazila People of the Bangladesh Liberation War Secretaries of the Cabinet (Bangladesh)