A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury: Difference between revisions

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| name             = A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury  

| native_name     = এ.বি.এম. ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী  

| image           =

| nationality     = Bangladeshi

| profession       = Business.

| residence       =  

| office           = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] and [[Parliamentary Standing Committee Chairman]]  

| office2           =  

| constituency = [[Chittagong-6]]

| constituency1 = [[Chittagong-5]]

| term_start1     = 2008

| office1           =  

| constituency2 = [[Chittagong-6]]

| term_start2     = 2001

| term_end2       = 2006

| predecessor2     = [[Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury]]

| alma_mater       = [[University of Chittagong]]

| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1954|11|06|df=yes}}

| father           = [[AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury]]

| birth_place     = [[Chittagong]], [[East Pakistan]]

| party           = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]

|relatives = [[List of political families#Bangladesh|The Chowdhury Dynasty]]

| relations = [[Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury]] (cousin)<br>[[Saber Hossain Chowdhury]](cousin)<br/>[[Fazlul Quader Chowdhury]](Uncle)

'''ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury''' is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament of Raozan upazila in Chittagong District.<ref>{{cite web|title=Declare Halda river an ecologically critical area|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/declare-halda-river-ecologically-critical-area-1342078|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=21 January 2017|date=8 January 2017}}</ref> He is the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Railways Ministry.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Report|first=Star Online|date=2020-10-20|title=JS sub-committee formed to look into alleged corruption in tender, procurement in railways|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/js-sub-committee-formed-look-alleged-corruption-tender-procurement-railways-1981389|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Chowdhury was born on 6 November 1954.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury -এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী Biography|url=https://amarmp.com/mp/742/biography|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Amarmp|language=en}}</ref> He has a B. A. and a M. A. degree.<ref name=":1" /> His father was [[AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury]] and his uncle was [[Fazlul Quader Chowdhury]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Cousin castigates SQ Chowdhury|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/07/16/d30716011010.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-02|website=archive.thedailystar.net|publisher=The Daily Star|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102202823/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/07/16/d30716011010.htm |archive-date=2 January 2022 }}</ref> His cousins are [[Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury|Salauddin Quader Chowdhury]] and [[Saber Hossain Chowdhury]].

Chowdhury was elected to Parliament in 2001 from [[Chittagong-6]] as an Awami League candidate with 52 percent of the vote.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2018-11-25|title=Chattogram-6 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Chattogram-6&d=chattogram|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Chowdhury was re-elected to Parliament in 2008 from [[Chittagong-5]] as a candidate of Awami League with 49 percent of the votes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-25|title=Chattogram-5 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Chattogram-5&d=chattogram|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> Chowdhury served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Correspondent|last2=Chittagong|date=2010-01-29|title=New law to facilitate housing on cards|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-123918|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> He was a member of the parliamentary standing committee on the Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs ministry.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Correspondent|first=Our|last2=Khagrachhari|date=2009-07-20|title=45,000 acre hills lands not used as per lease terms|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-97840|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from [[Chittagong-6]] in 2014 as an Awami League candidate in an uncontested election boycotted by other political parties.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury -এ.বি.এম ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী History|url=https://amarmp.com/mp/742/history|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Amarmp|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

In January 2015, Chowdhury was elected to the Human Rights Committee of the [[Inter-Parliamentary Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Report|first=Star Online|date=2015-01-26|title=AL lawmaker elected vice-president of IPU HR body|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/al-lawmaker-elected-vice-president-of-ipu-hr-body-61792|access-date=2022-01-02|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> He worked with cases from various countries across the World. Notable cases would include the unlawful detention of Senator Leila de Lima from the Philippines over illegal drug allegations, the murder of an Maldivian MP, Afrasheem Ali, the assassinations of four Lankan members of parliaments Joseph Pararajasingham, MP, Nadarajah Raviraj, MP, T. Maheshwaran, MP, D. M. Dassanayake, MP and the attempted murder of S. Shritharan, MP from the same country.

Chowdhury was re-elected to Parliament in 2018 as a candidate of Awami League with 230, 471 votes while his nearest rival, [[Jashim Uddin Shikder]] of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 2, 244 votes.<ref name=":0" />

A champion of social development, he was presented upon with the prestigious ‘UNESCO Award’ by UNESCO Academic Development Project for his role relating to health care, education and women empowerment. He is the only MP from Bangladesh to have received five national awards from the Honourable Prime Minister of Bangladesh Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina for his outstanding contributions in the fields of tree plantation and agriculture. His works did not go unnoticed in neighbouring countries either. He was awarded Acharya Dinesh Chandra Sen Gold Medal in India for his role in non-violence in the local politics of Bangladesh. A member of Bangladesh Awami League, the ruling party, he held the post of Acting President of Chittagong north district Awami League and is currently the member of the sub committee on Science and Technology of the central Awami League. Additionally he has worked with the development of the National Shooting Federation as its vice president in Bangladesh and is himself a silver medallist of that organisation.

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