Sultanul Kabir Chowdhury ( – 30 June 2014) was a Bangladeshi freedom fighter, lawyer and politician from

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

belonging to

Bangladesh Awami League Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. He was a 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 ...

Biography

Chowdhury was elected as the general secretary of

Government City College, Chittagong Govt. City College Chittagong is a higher secondary and undergraduate level college in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is located in Ice Factory Road (near New Market), 4000 Chittagong, in the Nalapara area of the city. It was established in 1954. It o ...

in 1969. He took part in the mass uprising in 1969. He also took part in the

Liberation War of Bangladesh The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga ...

in 1971. Chowdhury was appointed as the president of Chittagong City Jubo League in 1972. He was arrested after the

assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman The first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and most of his family were killed during the early hours of 15 August 1975 by a group of young Bangladesh Army personnel who invaded his Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, Dhanmondi 32 resi ...

. He was released after six months. Chowdhury was elected as a member of the

from

Chittagong-15 Chittagong-15 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Lohagara Upazila, Chittagong, Lohagara ...

in 1991. He served as the acting president of

Jubo League The Bangladesh Awami Jubo League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী যুবলীগ) commonly known as the Jubo League, is the first youth organization of Bangladesh founded by Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani. It is the youth wing o ...

in 1999. He also served as the senior vice president of Chittagong South District unit of Awami League. Chowdhury died of heart disease on 30 June 2014 at the age of 68.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chowdhury, Sultanul Kabir People from Banshkhali Upazila 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 1940s births 2014 deaths Awami League politicians 20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers People of the Bangladesh Liberation War