Gautam Chakroborty (1954 – 27 May 2022) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

member representing the

Tangail-6 Tangail-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Delduar Upazila, Delduar and Nagarpur Upazila, Nagarpur upazilas. History The constituency was create ...

constituency. He also served as the state minister of water resources.

Early life

Born in

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

, Gautam received his education up to LLB.

Career

Chakroborty was elected to parliament from

(Nagarpur-Delduar) in 1996 and 2001 as a candidate of

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (), popularly abbreviated as BNP (), is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. It was founded on 1 September 1978 by President of Bangladesh, President Ziaur Rahman, wit ...

(BNP) beating Bangladesh Awami League candidate Khondokar Abdul Baten twice. He received the nomination from the party in the 2008 Bangladesh General Election but lost the contest to Ahasanul Islam Titu of Awami League.

Death

Chakroborty died from cardiac arrest in the afternoon/evening according to reports on 27 May 2022.

References

2022 deaths People from Tangail District Politicians from Dhaka Division Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians State ministers of water resources of Bangladesh 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members Bangladeshi Hindus 1954 births {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub