Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury ( bn, নূর-ই-আলম চৌধুরী; born 1 June 1964), also known by his

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Liton, is a

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Awami League politician and Member of Parliament from Madaripur-1 and the Chief whip of

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 ...

Early life

Chowdhury was born on 1 June 1964 to a

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family of Chowdhuries in the village of Duttapara in Shibchar,

Madaripur Madaripur ( bn, মাদারীপুর ), being a part of the Dhaka Division, is a district in central Bangladesh. History Madaripur subdivision was established in 1854 under the district of Bakerganj. In 1873 it was separated from Bakerganj ...

, then part of

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Faridpur district Faridpur District ( bn, ফরিদপুর জেলা) is a district in south-central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. It is bounded by the Padma River to its northeast. The district was named after Farīd-ud-Dīn Masʿūd, ...

. His parents, Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury and Sheikh Feroza Begum, are cousins of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. His father was a politician and came from a ''

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'' family whilst his mother, Sheikh Feroza Begum, was a housewife. Chowdhury had Iraqi

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ancestry through both of his grandmothers, who were direct descendants of the 15th-century

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preacher Sheikh Awwal of

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. Both of his grandmothers were also sisters of

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengalis, Beng ...

. Chowdhury completed

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examination. He is the grand-nephew of

Career

Chowdhury's father, Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury, died in May 1991 while serving as member of parliament from Madaripur-1. Chowdhury contested in the subsequent by-election after the death of his father and was elected parliament as an Awami League candidate in September 1991. Chowdhury was re-elected to parliament in June 1996 as a candidate of the Awami League. He received 61,012 votes while his nearest rival, Abul Khaer Chowdhury 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 ...

, received 29,312 votes. Chowdhury was re-elected to parliament in 2001 as a candidate of the Awami League. He received 98,898 votes while his nearest rival, Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 47,831 votes. In 2008, Chowdhury was re-elected to parliament as a candidate of the Awami League. He received 119,767 votes while his nearest rival, independent candidate Kamal Zaman Mollah, received 20,443 votes. He is a trustee of the Bangabandhu Memorial Trust. He was a whip of the 9th parliament. Chowdhury was elected to Parliament in 2014 from Madaripur-1 as a Awami League Candidate unopposed as the election was boycotted by opposition parties. He was appointed the whip of the Parliament. He is also a member of the parliamentary standing committee on

Ministry of Housing and Public Works The Ministry of Housing and Public Works ( bn, গৃহায়ন ও গণপূর্ত মন্ত্রণালয়; ''Gr̥hāẏana ō gaṇapūrta mantraṇālaẏa'') is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of Ba ...

. He was the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Shipping. In February 2017, he was made secretary of the Awami League Parliamentary Party. He is the chief advisor of the

Shibchar Upazila Shibchar ( bn, শিবচর) is an upazila of Madaripur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Shibchar is located at . It has 58085 households and total area 321.88 km2. Demographics As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, S ...

Shomity. In 2018, Chowdhury was re-elected to parliament as a candidate of the Awami League from Madaripur-1. He received 227,393 votes while his nearest rival, Sazzad Hossain Sidiquee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 313 votes. He was appointed chief whip of the 11th parliament.

References

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