Mahi Badruddoza Chowdhury (born 13 March 1970) is a Bangladeshi politician and the incumbent

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 ...

member representing the

Munshiganj-1 Munshiganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Mahi B. Chowdhury of the Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Sirajdikhan and Sreenagar upazilas. ...

constituency. He is currently the joint secretary general of the party

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh ( bn, বিকল্প ধারা বাংলাদেশ, translit=Bikôlpa Dhāra Bānglādesh, lit=Alternate Path Bangladesh) is a political party in Bangladesh founded by former President of Bangladesh and BNP p ...

(BDB). He is the son of former

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A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury Abdul Qasim Mohammad Badruddoza Chowdhury (known as AQM Badrudozza Chowdhury; ; born 1 November 1932) served as the President of Bangladesh from 14 November 2001 until his resignation on 21 June 2002. He was the founding secretary-general of B ...

Background

Chowdhury completed his bachelor's in political science from

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in California, United States.

Career

Chowdhury first joined the

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 maj ...

(BNP) in August 1992. He was first elected to the parliament in the 2002 by-election from

constituency when the seat became vacant after his father,

, had taken the position of the

. On 21 June 2002, Chowdhury's father resigned from the presidency after facing the possibility of impeachment and removal from office by the BNP-led parliament. Subsequently, Chowdhury resigned from BNP on 10 March 2004 and joined the

(BDB) – a political party founded by his father. This resignation left a void in the

constituency and a by-election was held on 6 June 2004. Chowdhury competed as a member of the BDB party from the same constituency and won the election defeating the BNP candidate Momin Ali. In November 2003, state-owned

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(BTV) suspended transmission of two programmes, a talk-show ''Ananda Ghanta'' and a drama-play ''Uttaradhikar'', from the production company Entertainment Republic, owned by Chowdhury. In 2007, Chowdhury was briefly involved with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). In June 2012, Chowdhury expressed favorable views of

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, the leader of his previous party, BNP, by saying "Khaleda Zia is the symbol of unity and strength. She always led from the front whenever the country was in a crisis and the people were in distress. Now, she is leading the people's movement pressing for a neutral and non-partisan government." In April 2015, Chowdhury contested for the mayoral election of

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and finished third with 12,809 votes, compared to

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candidate Annisul Huq's 460,117 and BNP candidate Tabith Awal's 325,080 votes. In August 2019, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated Chowdhury on allegations of money laundering and accumulation of illegal wealth. Chowdhury denied any wrongdoing.

Personal life

Chowdhury is married to Ashfa Haque Lopa. Together they have a son, Araz B Chowdhury.

References

1970 births Living people Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh politicians 8th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Santa Clara University alumni Children of presidents of Bangladesh Place of birth missing (living people) {{Dhaka-politician-stub