Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury (popularly known as Nixon Chowdhury; born 3 March 1978) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Member of Parliament representing the Faridpur-4 constituency. He has been missing along with his brother

Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury (born 1 June 1964; also known by the name Liton) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Madaripur-1 constituency and the former chief whip of the Jatiya Sangsad. He has ...

and other family members, ever since the resignation of his aunt

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on 5 August 2024.

Early life

Chowdhury was born on 3 March 1978 in

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. He came from a

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family of Chowdhuries from the village of Duttapara in Shibchar,

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. His parents,

Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury (15 August 1934 – 18 May 1991) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and Member of Parliament from Madaripur-1. Early life and family Chowdhury was born on 15 August 1934 to a Bengali Muslim family of Chowdhuries in ...

and Sheikh Feroza Begum, were cousins of Prime Minister

. His father was a politician and came from a ''

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'' family whilst his mother, Sheikh Feroza Begum, was a housewife. Chowdhury had Iraqi

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ancestry through both of his grandmothers, who were direct descendants of the 17th-century

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preacher Sheikh Abdul Awal of

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. Both of his grandmothers were also sisters of

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman and activist who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangl ...

. His maternal grandfather, Sheikh Nurul Haque, was also from the Sheikh-Wazed family. His brother Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury is a member of parliament.

Education

He studied up to SSC or grade ten.

Career

Chowdhury has been elected as a member of parliament for the 2nd time in

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from Faridpur-4 constituency. He beat

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candidate

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. Previously he was elected to Parliament for the first time from Faridpur-4 as an independent rebel candidate beating Awami League candidate and the then Member of Parliament from Faridpur-4,

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. In 2020, Chowdhury was made a presidium member of

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Controversy

Chowdhury was criticised for his role in the

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. SNC-Lavalin admitted to bribing him in order to obtain contracts. He was questioned by the Anti-Corruption Commission regarding this case. Soon after the case emanated,

disavowed her nephew and campaigned for his opponent during the

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. Chowdhury reportedly threatened civil servants working in Faridpur-4. He reportedly also called the UNO of Charbhadrasan and verbally abused him. A complaint letter against Chowdhury, issued by the

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, said that "MP Nixon Chowdhury had threatened and defamed the Faridpur district commissioner, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO), executive magistrates and the local administration on the day of the election, the day before, and the day after." He also defamed and threatened the DC of Faridpur in a political rally, calling him a 'razakar'. An audio clip of Nixon Chowdhury verbally abusing an executive went viral on social media, although he claimed it was fabricated. The

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has filed a case against him for violating electoral code of conduct. Chowdhury's lawyers filed a petition with the

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seeking anticipatory bail. He was granted an anticipatory bail by on 21 October 2020.

Personal life

Chowdhury's first wife died under suspicious circumstances. While his personal assistant claimed she "slipped and fell" from the rooftop of the couple's six story apartment building, an unnatural death case was filed with Gulshan police. An autopsy was never performed and her family took the body without an official autopsy. They had one daughter, Nazora Chowdhury. He is currently married to Tareen Hossain, managing director of

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. She is the granddaughter of

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and daughter of

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. They have a son together.

References

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