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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
|name = Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury (Nowfel)
|native_name = মহিবুল হাসান চৌধুরী
|native_name_lang = bn
|nickname = Nowfel
|image = Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury (cropped).jpg
|caption = Chowdhury in January 2018
|president = [[Abdul Hamid (politician)|Abdul Hamid]]
|primeminister = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| 1blankname = Minister
| 1namedata = [[Dipu Moni]]
|office = [[Ministry of Education (Bangladesh)|Deputy Minister of Education]]
|term_start = 7 January 2019
|office1 = [[Member of Parliament#Bangladesh|Member of Parliament]]
|constituency1 = [[Chittagong-9]]
|term_start1 = 3 January 2019
|term_end2 =
|predecessor = ''Post created''
|predecessor1 = [[Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|07|26|df=y}}
|nationality = [[Bangladeshi]]
|birth_place = [[Chittagong District|Chattogram]], Bangladesh
|alma_mater = [[London School of Economics]]
|party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|father = [[ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury]]
|mother = Hasina Mohuddin
}}
'''Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury''' (born 26 July 1983) is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician. He is the [[Ministry of Education (Bangladesh)|Deputy Minister of Education]] and a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] representing the [[Chittagong-9]] constituency.<ref>{{cite news |title=Awami League candidate Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel from Chattogram -9 Seat waving hands during an election campaign at Askadighipar area recently. |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/200941/awami-league-candidate-barrister-mohibul-hasan-chowdhury-nowfel-from-chattogram--9-seat-waving-hands-during-an-election-campaign-at--askadighipar-area-recently |access-date=23 February 2019 |work=The New Nation |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Honorable Deputy Ministers |url=https://cabinet.gov.bd/site/page/28b4f09d-8797-4591-9cd6-46b93a58f674/ |website=cabinet.gov.bd |access-date=27 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He is the elder son of veteran Awami politician [[A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury|ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury]].

==Early life==
Chowdhury was born in [[Chittagong District|Chattogram]], Bangladesh on 26 July 1983.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:একনজরে শিক্ষা উপমন্ত্রী ব্যারিস্টার নওফেল |trans-title=Overview of Deputy Minister of Education Barrister Nowfel |url=https://www.odhikar.news/national/39219/ |access-date=27 May 2019 |agency=odhikar |language=bn}}</ref> His father, [[ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury]], was a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician who served as the mayor of [[Chattogram]], the second-largest city in Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2005/05/02/news.htm |title=It's Mohiuddin Again |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=2005-05-13 |access-date=2017-12-15}}</ref> Mohibul Chowdhoury's entry and patronage in politics is connected to his father's chequered career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Opposition win in Chittagong poll |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4532953.stm |work=BBC News}}</ref> His mother is [[Hasina Mohiuddin]], who also a famous politician and incumbent Chattogram City Mohila Awami League (AL) president<ref>{{Cite news |title=Nowfel’s mother tests positive for COVID-19 |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/106341/nowfels-mother-tests-positive-for-covid-19 |access-date=2021-05-01 |work=New Age |language=en}}</ref>

Chowdhury graduated from [[London School of Economics]] with a law and anthropology degree and was called as a barrister of [[Lincoln's Inn]] following post graduation from the [[University of Law]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Barrister Nowfel is the name of a surprise in AL politics |url=http://www.ctgbarta24.com/%E0%A6%86-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF/ |access-date=27 May 2019 |agency=ctgbarta24 |language=bn}}</ref>

==Career==
Chowdhury was elected to [[Jatiya Sangsad]] on 30 December 2018 in [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018 general election]] from [[Chittagong-9]] as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chattogram-9 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Chattogram-9&d=chattogram |access-date=23 February 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=25 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He was appointed as the [[Ministry of Education (Bangladesh)|Deputy Minister of Education]] in the [[Fourth Sheikh Hasina Cabinet|4th Cabinet]] of [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Oldest minister MA Mannan, youngest Nowfel |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/government-affairs/2019/01/08/oldest-minister-ma-mannan-youngest-nowfel |access-date=23 February 2019 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=8 January 2019}}</ref>

From 2016 to 2019, Chowdhury held the position of "Organising Secretary" of [[Bangladesh Awami League]] in the party's Central Committee. During his tenure in the secretarial body, he helped win the [[Narayanganj City Corporation]] Election in 2016 which was the first City election with direct political party nomination in Bangladesh. He was one of the youngest organising secretaries of Awami League and was credited for managing the party in important districts such as Gazipur, Faridpur, Kishoreganj, Shariatpur, Gopalganj, etc. which districts are considered Awami League heartlands.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nowfel will continue to fulfill the expectations |url=https://ekushey-tv.com/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2/60204 |access-date=27 May 2019 |agency=ekushey-tv.com |language=bn}}</ref> On 25 June 2018, he apologized to [[Bangladesh Election Commission]] for violating electoral code of conduct.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-06-25 |title=Noufel apologises to EC for violating poll code |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/awami-league-leader-noufel-apologises-election-commission-ec-violating-election-code-gazipur-city-corporation-polls-2018-1595050 |access-date=2020-11-02 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

Chowdhury was a partner of The Legal Circle, and an Advocate of the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh]] before his ministerial appointment.<ref>{{cite news |title=Youth representative Barrister Mahibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel |url=https://www.sondesh24.com/nowfel/ |access-date=27 May 2019 |agency=sondesh24 |language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:মহিউদ্দিন অনুসারীদের ভরসা এখন নওফেল |trans-title=bn:Mohiuddin's followers are now rely on Nowfel |url=https://www.samakal.com/todays-print-edition/tp-khobor/article/17124435/ |access-date=27 May 2019 |work=Samakal |language=bn}}</ref> On 27 December 2019, he was removed from central executive committee of Awami League as part of the party's strategy to separate the government from the party.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-12-27 |title=9 ministers dropped from AL committee |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/9-ministers-dropped-al-committee-1845910 |access-date=2020-11-02 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

On 9 April 2021, Chowdhury said that the government might reconsider recognizing the highest degree from Qwami Madrassa Board.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-04-09 |title=Govt may reconsider recognition of top Qawmi degree: Deputy education minister |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh/news/govt-may-reconsider-recognition-top-qawmi-degree-deputy-education-minister-2074581 |access-date=2021-05-01 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

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