Masud Uddin Chowdhury is a retired

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

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and a

Jatiya Party (Ershad) The Jatiya Party ( bn, জাতীয় পার্টি, translit=Jatiyo Party, lit=National Party) is a conservative, nationalist political party in Bangladesh and is currently the main opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad, against the Awami ...

politician. He is the former chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime.

Career

Chowdhury was an officer of the

Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini The Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini ( bn, জাতীয় রক্ষী বাহিনী, lit=National Defense Force) was a Bangladeshi para-military force formed in 1972 by the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman government. Initially formed to curb the insur ...

and was made an Bangladesh Army officer after the Jatiya Rakhi Bahini was absorbed into the Army. Chowdhury was appointed Director General of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence in 2003 by the

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 ...

government. Chowdhury served as a

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of Bangladesh

Armed Forces Division The Armed Forces Division (AFD) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সশস্ত্র বাহিনী বিভাগ — ) is the principal national command authority for national defense of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The command an ...

. 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. 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 The 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis began as a caretaker government (CTG) assumed power at the end of October 2006 following the end of term of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party administration. BNP government increased the age of chief ...

. He attended the 10th Annual Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defence conference in the United States.

Tarique Rahman Tarique Rahman is a Bangladeshi politician who is the current acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since February 2018. He has been residing in London with his family since he left Bangladesh in September 2008. Early life and ...

, son for former Prime Minister

Khaleda Zia Khaleda Zia (; born Khaleda Khanam Putul in 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Ba ...

, told United States Diplomat Geeta Pasi that he was tortured on the orders of Chowdhury in military custody. Pasi reported it was surprising as Chowdhury was believed to have been close to Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party. In January 2008, Chowdhury was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed to the National Defence College. Chowdhury was the High Commissioner for Bangladesh to Australia from June 2008 to 2014. He founded Picasso restaurant in Dhaka. In 2017, Chowdhury filed a case under section-57 of the

Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006 The Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006 is an Act passed by the Jatiya Sangsad in 2006 to encourage and regulate ICT services in Bangladesh. Cybercrimes in Bangladesh are tried under the Information and Communication Technology Act. ...

against

Afsan Chowdhury Afsan Chowdhury (born 16 February 1952) is a Bangladeshi liberation war researcher, columnist and journalist. He received Bangla Academy Award in the year 2018 for his contribution to the liberation war literature. Early life Chowdhury was born on ...

. Chowdhury became the Member of Parliament for

Feni-3 Feni-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Masud Uddin Chowdhury of the Jatiya Party (Ershad). Boundaries The constituency encompasses Daganbhuiyan and Sonagazi upazilas. His ...

in 2018 by Jatiyo Party (Ershad) Ticket. Chowdhury is the President of

Baridhara Cosmopolitan Club Limited Baridhara ( bn, বারিধারা) is an upscale residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located on the east of and north east of Gulshan across Gulshan-Baridhara Lake. It has special zones designated for diplomats, and many of the c ...

. He was re-elected president of the club in 2018.

Personal life

Chowdhury's brother in law is

Sayeed Iskander Sayeed Iskander (13 January 1953 – 23 September 2012) was a Bangladeshi politician and army major. He was a member of the Bangladeshi parliament from 2001 to 2006, representing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from the Feni-1 constituency. He wa ...

, who was the brother of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.

References

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