Faruk Rashid Chowdhury is a Jatiya Party politician from

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and a former

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Early life and background

Choudhury was born into a

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political family in Rashid Manzil near Dargah Gate,

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. His ancestral home is in Dargapasha,

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. He was one of seven children of

Abdur Rasheed Choudhury Abdur Rasheed Choudhury (; died 1944) was a Bengali politician from Sylhet. Early life Choudhury was born to Bengali Muslim parents from Dargapasha, Sunamganj. Career Chowdhury and Abdul Matin Chaudhary together established Minar Printing an ...

(d. 1944) and

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(1910–1974), and a younger brother of

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. Abdur Rasheed was a member of the

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and later a member of the

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, while Serajunessa was elected a member of

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Political career

Chowdhury participated in a 1987 by-election as a Communist Party candidate and successfully won the

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constituency seat at the 3rd

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. He did a second term in the same constituency after winning the

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as a Jatiya Party candidate. Chowdhury lost his seat to

Abdus Samad Azad Abdus Samad Azad (; 15 January 1922 – 27 April 2005) was a Bangladeshi diplomat and politician. He was elected to Bangladesh's parliament five times from 1970 to 2001. He was also elected Member of Lower Assembly in the Parliament of the then ...

of the

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at the

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. He attempted to regain the seat at the

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s but lost to Azad once again.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chowdhury, Faruk Rashud Living people People from Dakshin Sunamganj Upazila Politicians from Sylhet Division Jatiya Party politicians Communist Party of Bangladesh politicians 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members 4th Jatiya Sangsad members 1932 births