Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury (23 November 1922 – 17 January 1978) was a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 13th

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of the

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. He was appointed the Minister of Education of the

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for two terms.

Education and career

Chowdhury passed the matriculation examination from Farashganj High School in

Noakhali Noakhali District (), historically known as Bhulua (), is a Districts of Bangladesh, district in southeastern Bangladesh, located in Chattogram Division. It was established as a district in 1821, and officially named Noakhali in 1868. The distr ...

in 1938 and the intermediate examination from Feni College in 1940. And then he earned his bachelor's and master's in political science from the

in 1943 and 1944 respectively. In 1960, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from the

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. In 1945, Chowdhury joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer in political science. He served as the proctor of the university during 1950–1952. He went on to become reader in 1961 and professor in 1969. He served as the vice-chancellor of Dhaka University from January 1972 until April 1973. He was then appointed the chairman of the University Grants Commission. Chowdhury was a representative of Pakistan to the general assembly of the

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(UNO) from November 1956 to February 1957.

Political career

Chowdhury was the political adviser to

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from February 1969 to March 1971. He served as the Minister of Education in two separate cabinets. In 1975, he joined the

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(BAKSAL) and was appointed as a member of its executive committee.

Works

Chowdhury has published several books including the following. * ''The Civil Service in Pakistan'' (1963) * ''Constitutional Problems of Pakistan, An Examination of the Criticisms against Bureaucracy'' (1964) * ''Government and Politics in Pakistan'' (1968) * ''The Political Systems of Modern States, England, USA, France, USSR and Germany, Rural Government in East Pakistan'' (1969)

References

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