Rezaul Karim Chowdhury (born 31 May 1953) is a Bangladeshi politician and incumbent mayor of

Chittagong City Corporation Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) is a self-governing agency that governs the municipal areas of Chattogram and some adjoining areas of south-eastern Bangladesh. CCC government is elected by popular vote every 5 years. Administration Chattogr ...

. He is also the joint general secretary of Chattogram Mahanagar

Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people. The adjective appears in the following proper names: *Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan *Awami Front, wa ...

Early life and education

Chowdhury was born on 31 May 1953 in East Sholashahar ward 7 in Chittagong. He studied at East Sholashahar Primary School. He completed his S. S. C. from

Government Muslim High School Government Muslim High School ( bn, গভ. মুসলিম হাই স্কুল, চট্টগ্রাম) is a government secondary boys-only school in the court hill area of Kotwali Thana, Chittagong, Bangladesh. The school's enro ...

and H. S. C. from

Chittagong College Chittagong College is a government college in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is the second college established in Bangladesh after Dhaka College. It offers higher secondary education (HSC), bachelor's degree and master's degree. History Having begun ...

. He has a B.A. from the

University of Chittagong The University of Chittagong ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, caṭṭagram bishwabidyalay) is a public research university with multidisciplinary faculties situated across a 1754-acres hilly landmas ...

Career

Chowdhury was the president of Bangladesh Chhatra League unit from 1972 to 1976. From 1976 to 1978, he was the General Secretary of North Chittagong District unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League. Chowdhury worked in the Chittagong City unit of Awami League from 1997 to 2006 as the information and research secretary. He then became the organising secretary of the city unit; a position he held till 2014 when he became the joint general secretary. Chowdhury was nominated by Awami League to contest the Chittagong City elections in 2020. The party did not nominate the incumbent and Awami League politician

AJM Nasir Uddin Abu Jafar Mohammad Nasir Uddin aka A J M Nasir Uddin ( bn, আ জ ম নাসির উদ্দিন; born 1 January 1957) is a Bangladeshi politician and former Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation. He is also the vice president of Bangla ...

on instructions from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Chittagong city Awami League was divided into two fractions; led by A J M Nasir Uddin and the family of

ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury (1 December 1944 – 15 December 2017) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was the mayor of Chittagong, the second-largest city in Bangladesh, for three consecutive terms. Early life Chowdhury was born o ...

. Chowdhury got the nomination by not being involved in either fraction. He went on to win the election receiving 369,000 votes while his nearest rival from

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 52,000 votes. He get the status of state minister on 7 August, 2022.

Personal life

Chowdhury is married to Selina Akter and has a son and two daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chowdhury, Rezaul Karim 1953 births Living people People from Chittagong Chittagong College alumni University of Chittagong alumni 21st-century Bangladeshi politicians