AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi politician and member as well as Leader of the Opposition in

East Pakistan Provincial Assembly The East Pakistan Provincial Assembly, known as the East Bengal Legislative Assembly between 1947 and 1955, was the provincial legislature of East Pakistan between 1947 and 1971. It was known as the East Bengal Assembly from 1947 to 1955 when the ...

Early life

Chowdhury was born in

Raozan upazila Raozan,gohira ( bn, রাউজান) is an upazila of Chattogram District, in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. It was established in 1947. Geography Raozan has 45,777 households and a total area of 246.58 km2. The two main river ...

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

. Chowdhury completed his graduation and master's degree from University of Calcutta

Career

Chowdhury was the leader of the opposition in the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly. He was the chairman of the legislative committee in the assembly. He served as the founder President of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and as governor of Marine and Mercantile Academy. He established the Raozan College. He was the Vice-Chairman of

Chittagong Port The Chittagong Port ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বন্দর) is the main seaport of Bangladesh. Located in Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong and on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the port handles over 90 percent of Bangladesh's ...

. Chowdhury was the president of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He had served in the Chittagong District Council.

Personal life

Chowdhry's eldest son was ABM Fazle Rashid Chowdhury (died 2006) and his other son is A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury is a member of Bangladesh Parliament and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Railways. Chowdhury’s youngest son A.B.M Fazle Shahid Chowdhury is a businessman, he is also the Chairman of New Era Fashion MFRS (BD) Limited Chowdhury’s brother is

Fazlul Quader Chowdhury Fazlul Quader Chowdhury (1919–1973) was a Bengali politician who served as the 5th speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan from East Pakistan. He belonged to Ayub Khan's Convention Muslim League. He was also the Acting President of Paki ...

and brothers-side nephew is

Salauddin Quader Chowdhury Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury (13 March 1949 – 22 November 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician, minister and six-term member of Jatiya Sangsad and member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee, who served as the adviser of ...

and sisters-side nephew is

Saber Hossain Chowdhury Saber Hossain Chowdhury (born 10 September 1961) is a politician from Bangladesh and the incumbent member of Parliament in Bangladesh from the Dhaka-9 constituency. He was the president of Inter-Parliamentary Union from 2014 to 2017. He is the fo ...

Death

Chowdhury died on September 9, 1972 in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

. After his death he was flown back to Chittagong using a chartered flight provided by the government and was buried in his family graveyard at Raozan.

References

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