Jafrul Islam Chowdhury (14 October 1950 – 8 November 2022) was a Bangladeshi politician 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 ...

and a four-term

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member representing the Chittagong-15 constituency. He served as the state minister for forest and environment ministry in the

Second Khaleda Cabinet The Second Khaleda ministry was a ministry that had power over the Government of Bangladesh during the 8th legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the uni ...

during 2001–2006.

Early life

Chowdhury was born on 14 October 1950. He completed his undergraduate in commerce.

Career

Chowdhury served as a state minister for environment and forest in the

. He was nominated from Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Chittagong-15 for the

2008 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008. The two main parties in the election were the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Khaleda Zia, and the Bangladesh Awami League Party, led by Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Awam ...

. In June 2009, he made the Joint Convenor of Bangladesh Nationalist Party unit of Chittagong South. In 2010, he served as the Chittagong south district President of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was the only member of parliament from Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the Bangladesh-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group. His cousin, Aminur Rahman Chowdhury, was charged with being involved in the murder of 11 members of a Hindu family in the Banshkhali carnage case.

Personal life and death

Chowdhury died in Chittagong on 8 November 2022, at the age of 72.

References

1950 births 2022 deaths People from Banshkhali Upazila Politicians from Chittagong Division Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members 9th Jatiya Sangsad members State ministers of environment and forests of Bangladesh {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub