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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rabeya Chowdhury
| native_name = রাবেয়া চৌধুরী
| constituency3 = Women's Reserved Seat-19
| office3 = Member of 8th [[Jatiya Sangsad]]
| term_start3 = 2001
| term_end3 = 29 October 2006
| predecessor3 = [[Rabia Bhuiyan]]
| successor3 = [[Tahura Ali]]
| constituency2 = Women's Reserved Seat-27
| office2 = Member of 5th and 6th [[Jatiya Sangsad]]
| term_start2 = 1991
| term_end2 = 1996
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = [[Panna Kaiser]]
| constituency1 = Women's Reserved Seat-26
| office1 = Member of 2nd [[Jatiya Sangsad]]
| term_start1 = 1979
| term_end1 = 1982
| successor1 = [[AJ Enayet Nur]]
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Comilla District]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| bodyclass =
| mainwidth =
| parents = [[Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury]]
}}
'''Rabeya Chowdhury''' ({{lang-bn|রাবেয়া চৌধুরী}}) is a prominent [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] 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]] for three terms from a reserved seat.

==Early life==
Chowdhury was born into a well-reputed [[Bengali Muslim]] family from Batgram in [[Comilla District]]. She was the daughter of prominent politician [[Ashrafuddin Ahmad Chowdhury]] and poet Razia Khatun Chowdhurani. Her grandfather, Tofazzal Ahmad Chowdhury Anu Mian, was an influential [[zamindar]] in the area.<ref name="vds">{{cite Banglapedia|author=Razzaq, Rana|article=Chowdhury, Ashrafuddin Ahmad}}</ref> She married Nasiruddin Chowdhury (d. 20 May 2020), a former honorary magistrate, with whom she had two sons and a daughter.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ajker-comilla.com/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8/|title=কুমিল্লা (দ.) জেলা বিএনপির সভাপতি রাবেয়া চৌধুরীর স্বামী নাসির চৌধুরী আর নেই|language=bn|date=21 May 2020|work=Ajker Comilla}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thirty-six MPs in women reserved seats unofficially declared elected |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2005/09/02/thirty-six-mps-in-women-reserved-seats-unofficially-declared-elected |accessdate=4 April 2020 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad]]
[[Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:2nd Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:5th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:6th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:People from Comilla District]]
[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi women politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians]]

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>Qwerfjkl (bot): clean up; fix CW Error #101: Ordinal numbers should be in regular text, not inside tags.

>Qwerfjkl (bot): clean up; fix CW Error #101: Ordinal numbers should be in regular text, not inside ^tags.