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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1935–2022)}}
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|name        = Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury
|name        = Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury
|native_name  = সৈয়দা সাজেদা চৌধুরী
|native_name  = সৈয়দা সাজেদা চৌধুরী
|native_name_lang = bn
|native_name_lang = bn
|office       = [[Leader of the House (Bangladesh)|Deputy Leader of Jatiya Sangsad]]
|constituency_MP       = [[Faridpur-2]]
|term_start   = 12 February 2009
|term_start  = 12 February 2008
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1935|05|08|df=y}}
|term_end    = 11 September 2022 
|birth_place  = [[Magura District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
|predecessor  = [[KM Obaidur Rahman]]
|occupation  = politician
|successor    = [[Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury]]
|term_start1  = 5 March 1991
|term_end1    = 4 November 1995
|predecessor1 = [[Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Jewel]]
|successor1  = [[Abul Hossain Mia]]
|office2      = [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh)|Minister of Forest and Environment]]
|term_start2  = 23 June 1996
|term_end2    = 15 July 2001
|predecessor2  = [[Akbar Hossain]]
|successor2   = [[Shajahan Siraj]]
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1935|05|08|df=y}}
|birth_name  = Syeda Sajeda
|birth_place  = [[Magura District|Magura]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
|death_date  = {{death date and age|2022|09|11|1935|05|08|df=y}}
|death_place  = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
|occupation  = Politician
|party        = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|party        = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|spouse      = Golam Akbar Chowdhury
|spouse      = Golam Akbar Chowdhury
|relatives    = {{ubl|[[Qamarul Ahsan|Syed Qamarul Ahsan]] (uncle)|[[Syed Rahmatur Rob Irtiza Ahsan]] (cousin)}}
|nationality  = Bangladeshi
|nationality  = Bangladeshi
|children = Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury (son)
}}
}}
'''Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury''' (8 May 1935 – 11 September 2022) was a Bangladeshi politician. She served as a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Faridpur-2]] constituency from 2008 till her death in 2022. She also served as the [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh)|Environment and Forest Minister]] of Bangladesh during 1996–2001.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QE7ODQAAQBAJ&q=statesmen+1996+1997+sheikh+hasina&pg=PA188|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1997-8|last=Hunter|first=B.|date=2016-12-28|publisher=Springer|isbn=9780230271265|language=en|page=188}}</ref>


'''Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury''' (born 8 May 1935)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/news/46319/সৈয়দা-সাজেদা-চৌধুরীর-৮৩তম-জন্মদিন-আজ|script-title=bn:সৈয়দা সাজেদা চৌধুরীর ৮৩তম জন্মদিন আজ|trans-title=Today is the 83rd birthday of Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury|publisher=Jugantor|access-date=5 April 2019|language=bn|date=8 May 2018}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi politician. She became the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from the [[Faridpur-2]] constituency in 2008, being re-elected in 2014 and 2018,.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english |title=List of 11th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref> She became the Deputy Leader of the House of [[Bangladesh Parliament]] on 12 February 2019 for the third consecutive term.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/news/sajeda-chowdhury-made-deputy-leader-js-1700638|title=Sajeda to be deputy leader of House|date=12 February 2019|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/about-parliament/key-person-of-bangladesh-parliament | title=Key Person of Bangladesh Parliament | work=Bangladesh Parliament | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> Earlier she served as the Environment and Forest Minister of Bangladesh. She was awarded [[Independence Day Award]] in 2010 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=indepen>{{cite web|url=http://brri.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/brri.portal.gov.bd/page/87944ec4_496e_415d_af37_27a10fb35625/Independence%20Day%20Award.pdf|title=Independence Day Award|access-date=5 February 2019|publisher=Government of Bangladesh}}</ref>
==Early life and family==
Syeda Sajeda was born on 8 May 1935 in her maternal home in [[Magura District|Magura]] (formerly under [[Jessore District]]) in the then [[Bengal Presidency]] in [[British India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/news/46319/সৈয়দা-সাজেদা-চৌধুরীর-৮৩তম-জন্মদিন-আজ|script-title=bn:সৈয়দা সাজেদা চৌধুরীর ৮৩তম জন্মদিন আজ|trans-title=Today was the 83rd birthday of Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury|publisher=Jugantor|access-date=5 April 2019|language=bn|date=8 May 2022}}</ref> Both of her parents, Syed Shah Hamidullah and Syeda Asiya Khatun, were [[Bengali Muslim]]s of [[Syed]] extraction.<ref>{{cite news|title=সাজেদা চৌধুরীর ৭৮তম জন্মদিন|url=http://www.natunbarta.com/politics/2013/05/08/25013|access-date=7 December 2016|date=8 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609043132/http://www.natunbarta.com/politics/2013/05/08/25013|language=bn|archive-date=9 June 2022}}</ref> Her paternal grandmother, Syeda Hamidunnesa, belonged to a [[Bengali Muslim]] ''[[zamindar]]'' family known as the ''[[Syeds]] of [[Bamna Upazila|Bamna]]'' based in [[Barguna District|Barguna]].<ref name=siraj>{{cite book|title=বরিশাল বিভাগের ইতিহাস|language=bn|year=2010|author=[[Siraj Uddin Ahmed|Ahmed, Siraj Uddin]]|volume=1|publisher=Bhaskar Prakashani|location=[[Dhaka]]|chapter=বামনার জমিদার চৌধুরী পরিবার|trans-chapter=The zamindar Chowdhury family of Bamna|trans-title=History of the Barisal Division}}</ref>
 
Chowdhury had a bachelor's degree.<ref name="আলো১">{{cite web|title=সংসদ উপনেতা সৈয়দা সাজেদা চৌধুরীর স্বামী আকবর চৌধুরী আর নেই|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.prothom-news.com/national/2015/11/23/86262/&gws_rd=cr&ei=z3dIWK_NL8X0UJWcjsAG|website=[[Prothom Alo]]|language=bn|access-date=7 December 2022}}</ref>


==Political career==
==Political career==
Chowdhury became the deputy leader of the House of [[Bangladesh Parliament]] in February 2009.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-75679| title=Sajeda new deputy leader of House | work=The Daily Star | date=13 February 2009 | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref>
{{expand section| her work as the Environment and Forest Minister of Bangladesh.|date=September 2022}}
 
Chowdhury became the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from the [[Faridpur-2]] constituency in 2008, being re-elected in 2014 and 2018,.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english |title=List of 11th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> She became the Deputy Leader of the House of Jatiya Sangsad on 12 February 2019 for the third consecutive term.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/news/sajeda-chowdhury-made-deputy-leader-js-1700638|title=Sajeda to be deputy leader of House|date=12 February 2019|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/about-parliament/key-person-of-bangladesh-parliament | title=Key Person of Bangladesh Parliament | work=Bangladesh Parliament | access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref> 
 
Chowdhury became the deputy leader of the House of [[Bangladesh Parliament]] in February 2009.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-75679| title=Sajeda new deputy leader of House | work=The Daily Star | date=13 February 2009 | access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref> She is only woman politician who served as General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League from 1986 and held the position till 1992. Since then she was inducted into the Presidium.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-12 |title=Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury dies at 87 |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2022/09/12/syeda-sajeda-chowdhury-dies |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=www.dhakatribune.com |language=en}}</ref>
 
Chowdhury was awarded [[Independence Day Award]] in 2010 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref name=indepen>{{cite web|url=http://brri.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/brri.portal.gov.bd/page/87944ec4_496e_415d_af37_27a10fb35625/Independence%20Day%20Award.pdf|title=Independence Day Award|access-date=5 February 2019|publisher=Government of Bangladesh}}</ref>


===Corruption allegation===
===Corruption allegation===
On 10 July 2008, the [[Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh)|Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)]] filed a case against Chowdhury in connection with concealing wealth worth Tk 1.38 million and amassing it illegally.<ref name=case>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-126395 | title=SC upholds HC order to stay case against Sajeda Chy | work=The Daily Star | date=15 February 2010 | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45215 | title=ACC sues Sajeda Chy, AKM Jahangir | work=The Daily Star | date=11 July 2008 | accessdate=29 July 2016}}</ref> Chowdhury denied the allegation.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-6959 | title=Sajeda bins graft claims against her | work=The Daily Star | date=7 October 2007 | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> On 18 November 2008, [[Bangladesh High Court]] stayed the proceedings against her in the case which was again upheld by the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh|Supreme Court]] on 15 February 2010.<ref name=case/> She was granted bail by the High Court.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-46716 | title=Tofail, Sajeda, MK Anwar granted bail | work=The Daily Star | date=21 July 2008 | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref> On 29 November 2010, High Court revoked the proceedings of the case on the ground that the charges against Chowdhury were not specifically disclosed in the case.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-259309 | title=HC quashes graft case against Sajeda | work=The Daily Star | date=30 November 2012 | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref>
On 10 July 2008, the [[Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh)|Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)]] filed a case against Chowdhury in connection with concealing wealth worth Tk 1.38 million and amassing it illegally.<ref name=case>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-126395 | title=SC upholds HC order to stay case against Sajeda Chy | work=The Daily Star | date=15 February 2010 | access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45215 | title=ACC sues Sajeda Chy, AKM Jahangir | work=The Daily Star | date=11 July 2008 | accessdate=29 July 2022}}</ref> Chowdhury denied the allegation.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-6959 | title=Sajeda bins graft claims against her | work=The Daily Star | date=7 October 2007 | access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref> On 18 November 2008, [[Bangladesh High Court]] stayed the proceedings against her in the case which was again upheld by the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh|Supreme Court]] on 15 February 2010.<ref name=case/> She was granted bail by the High Court.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-46716 | title=Tofail, Sajeda, MK Anwar granted bail | work=The Daily Star | date=21 July 2008 | access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref> On 29 November 2010, High Court revoked the proceedings of the case on the grounds that the charges against Chowdhury were not specifically disclosed in the case.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-259309 | title=HC quashes graft case against Sajeda | work=The Daily Star | date=30 November 2012 | access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Chowdhury was married to Golam Akbar Chowdhury (d. 2015).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/golam-akbar-chowdhury-passes-away-177139 | title=Golam Akbar Chowdhury passes away | work=The Daily Star | date=24 November 2015 | access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref>
Syeda Sajeda married Golam Akbar Chowdhury (d. 2015).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/golam-akbar-chowdhury-passes-away-177139 | title=Golam Akbar Chowdhury passes away | work=The Daily Star | date=24 November 2015 | access-date=29 July 2022}}</ref>  Their youngest son, [[Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury]], was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment by a special court in 2008. He was convicted for amassing wealth illegally and concealing information in his wealth statement submitted to the ACC.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-09-22 |title=Sajeda's son, ex-Sonali Bank MD jailed |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-55953 |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-11-05 |title=By-polls to Sajeda Chy's Faridpur-2 seat underway |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/elections/news/polls-sajeda-chys-faridpur-2-seat-underway-3160946 |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
 
Chowdhury died from complications of [[COVID-19]] in [[Dhaka]] on 11 September 2022 aged 87.<ref>{{cite news |title=AL presidium member Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury dies |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/180839/al-presidium-member-syeda-sajeda-chowdhury-dies |work=New Age Bangladesh|date=12 September 2022 |access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref> After her death, her son, Shahdab, selected by Awami League, ran for the vacant parliamentary position in by-poll election held on 5 November 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-11-05 |title=By-polls to Sajeda Chy's Faridpur-2 seat underway |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/elections/news/polls-sajeda-chys-faridpur-2-seat-underway-3160946 |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 11:13, 1 December 2022


Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury
সৈয়দা সাজেদা চৌধুরী
Member of Parliament
for Faridpur-2
In office
12 February 2008 – 11 September 2022
Preceded byKM Obaidur Rahman
Succeeded byShahdab Akbar Chowdhury
In office
5 March 1991 – 4 November 1995
Preceded bySaifuzzaman Chowdhury Jewel
Succeeded byAbul Hossain Mia
Minister of Forest and Environment
In office
23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001
Preceded byAkbar Hossain
Succeeded byShajahan Siraj
Personal details
Born
Syeda Sajeda

(1935-05-08)8 May 1935
Magura, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died11 September 2022(2022-09-11) (aged 87)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Spouse(s)Golam Akbar Chowdhury
ChildrenShahdab Akbar Chowdhury (son)
Relatives
OccupationPolitician

Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury (8 May 1935 – 11 September 2022) was a Bangladeshi politician. She served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Faridpur-2 constituency from 2008 till her death in 2022. She also served as the Environment and Forest Minister of Bangladesh during 1996–2001.[1]

Early life and family[edit | edit source]

Syeda Sajeda was born on 8 May 1935 in her maternal home in Magura (formerly under Jessore District) in the then Bengal Presidency in British India.[2] Both of her parents, Syed Shah Hamidullah and Syeda Asiya Khatun, were Bengali Muslims of Syed extraction.[3] Her paternal grandmother, Syeda Hamidunnesa, belonged to a Bengali Muslim zamindar family known as the Syeds of Bamna based in Barguna.[4]

Chowdhury had a bachelor's degree.[5]

Political career[edit | edit source]

Chowdhury became the Jatiya Sangsad member from the Faridpur-2 constituency in 2008, being re-elected in 2014 and 2018,.[6] She became the Deputy Leader of the House of Jatiya Sangsad on 12 February 2019 for the third consecutive term.[7][8]

Chowdhury became the deputy leader of the House of Bangladesh Parliament in February 2009.[9] She is only woman politician who served as General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League from 1986 and held the position till 1992. Since then she was inducted into the Presidium.[10]

Chowdhury was awarded Independence Day Award in 2010 by the Government of Bangladesh.[11]

Corruption allegation[edit | edit source]

On 10 July 2008, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against Chowdhury in connection with concealing wealth worth Tk 1.38 million and amassing it illegally.[12][13] Chowdhury denied the allegation.[14] On 18 November 2008, Bangladesh High Court stayed the proceedings against her in the case which was again upheld by the Supreme Court on 15 February 2010.[12] She was granted bail by the High Court.[15] On 29 November 2010, High Court revoked the proceedings of the case on the grounds that the charges against Chowdhury were not specifically disclosed in the case.[16]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Syeda Sajeda married Golam Akbar Chowdhury (d. 2015).[17] Their youngest son, Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury, was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment by a special court in 2008. He was convicted for amassing wealth illegally and concealing information in his wealth statement submitted to the ACC.[18][19]

Chowdhury died from complications of COVID-19 in Dhaka on 11 September 2022 aged 87.[20] After her death, her son, Shahdab, selected by Awami League, ran for the vacant parliamentary position in by-poll election held on 5 November 2022.[21]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Hunter, B. (28 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1997-8. Springer. p. 188. ISBN 9780230271265.
  2. সৈয়দা সাজেদা চৌধুরীর ৮৩তম জন্মদিন আজ [Today was the 83rd birthday of Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury] (in Bengali). Jugantor. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. "সাজেদা চৌধুরীর ৭৮তম জন্মদিন" (in Bengali). 8 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2016. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 9 June 2013 suggested (help)
  4. Ahmed, Siraj Uddin (2010). "বামনার জমিদার চৌধুরী পরিবার" [The zamindar Chowdhury family of Bamna]. বরিশাল বিভাগের ইতিহাস [History of the Barisal Division] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bhaskar Prakashani.
  5. "সংসদ উপনেতা সৈয়দা সাজেদা চৌধুরীর স্বামী আকবর চৌধুরী আর নেই". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  6. "List of 11th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  7. "Sajeda to be deputy leader of House". The Daily Star. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  8. "Key Person of Bangladesh Parliament". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  9. "Sajeda new deputy leader of House". The Daily Star. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  10. "Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury dies at 87". www.dhakatribune.com. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  11. "Independence Day Award" (PDF). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  12. 12.0 12.1 "SC upholds HC order to stay case against Sajeda Chy". The Daily Star. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  13. "ACC sues Sajeda Chy, AKM Jahangir". The Daily Star. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  14. "Sajeda bins graft claims against her". The Daily Star. 7 October 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  15. "Tofail, Sajeda, MK Anwar granted bail". The Daily Star. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  16. "HC quashes graft case against Sajeda". The Daily Star. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  17. "Golam Akbar Chowdhury passes away". The Daily Star. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  18. "Sajeda's son, ex-Sonali Bank MD jailed". The Daily Star. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  19. "By-polls to Sajeda Chy's Faridpur-2 seat underway". The Daily Star. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  20. "AL presidium member Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury dies". New Age Bangladesh. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  21. "By-polls to Sajeda Chy's Faridpur-2 seat underway". The Daily Star. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.