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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Kushtia-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |publisher=Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). |accessdate=12 April | Chowdhury was a veteran of Bangladesh Liberation War.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ex-BNP MP in Kushtia faces seven cases |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/03/12/d70312070194.htm |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=archive.thedailystar.net |publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref> | ||
Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Kushtia-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |publisher=Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). |accessdate=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Bangladesh |date=1974 |publisher=Embassy of Bangladesh. |page=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OHAwAQAAIAAJ&q=Abdur+Rouf+Chowdhury+kushtia&pg=RA13-PA4 |language=en}}</ref> He was elected in 1991 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate from Kushtia-3.<ref>{{cite web |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=110 |website=Amarmp |accessdate=3 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
Chowdhury refused to participate in the February 1996 election due to no party other than Bangladesh Nationalist Party contesting the election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ex-BNP MP in Kushtia faces seven cases |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/03/12/d70312070194.htm |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=archive.thedailystar.net |publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref> The nomination went to [[Shahidul Islam (academic)|Shahidul Islam]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ex-BNP MP in Kushtia faces seven cases |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/03/12/d70312070194.htm |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=archive.thedailystar.net |publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref> | |||
His son, barrister Raghib Rauf Chowdhury, is the Office Secretary of the Lawyers unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kushtia 2 constituency: Multiple candidates in ruling, opposition alliances |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/2018/09/30/kushtia-2-constituency-multiple-candidates-in-ruling-opposition-alliances |accessdate=3 May 2020 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=30 September 2022}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:1st Jatiya Sangsad members]] | [[Category:1st Jatiya Sangsad members]] | ||
[[Category:5th Jatiya Sangsad members]] | [[Category:5th Jatiya Sangsad members]] | ||
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] | [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] | ||
{{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub}} | {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub}} | ||
[[Category:Mukti Bahini personnel]] | |||