Rabeya Chowdhury ( bn, রাবেয়া চৌধুরী) is a prominent

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 ...

politician. She is one of the Vice Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and also the Comilla District BNP President. She is a former Member of the

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 ...

for three terms from a reserved seat.

Early life

Chowdhury was born into a well-reputed

Bengali Muslim Bengali Muslims ( bn, বাঙালি মুসলমান; ) are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising about two-thirds of the global Bengali population, they are the se ...

family from Batgram in

Comilla District Comilla District, officially known as Cumilla District, is a district of Bangladesh located about 100 kilometres south east of Dhaka. Comilla is bordered by Brahmanbaria and Narayanganj districts to the north, Noakhali and Feni districts to ...

. She was the daughter of prominent politician

Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury ( bn, আশরাফউদ্দীন আহমদ চৌধুরী; 1894 – 25 March 1976) was a Bengali politician who had served as general secretary of the Congress Party's Bengal branch, member of the East B ...

and poet Razia Khatun Chowdhurani. Her grandfather, Tofazzal Ahmad Chowdhury Anu Mian, was an influential

zamindar A zamindar (Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as ...

in the area. She married Nasiruddin Chowdhury (d. 20 May 2020), a former honorary magistrate, with whom she had two sons and a daughter.

Career

Rabeya Chowdhury is a senior leader in Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), a vice chairperson in BNP's Central Committee and also Comilla District BNP President. She has been a prominent leader in the formation and organization of BNP in Comilla District and one of the top female leaders in the party nationally. Chowdhury was elected to parliament from reserved seat as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979, 1991 and 2005.

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