Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury

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Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury
গিয়াস উদ্দিন কাদের চৌধুরী
Member of Parliament
In office
10 July 1986 – 6 December 1987
Preceded bySalahuddin Quader Chowdhury
Succeeded byMd. Nazrul Islam
ConstituencyChittagong-7
In office
14 July 1996 – 13 July 2001
Preceded bySalahuddin Quader Chowdhury
Succeeded byA.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury
ConstituencyChittagong-6
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
ChildrenSameer Quader Chowdhury
Parent(s)Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry (father)
Syeda Selima Quader (mother)
RelativesSalahuddin Quader Chowdhury (Brother)

Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from Chittagong-6 and Chittagong-7 constituencies.[1]

Career[edit]

Chowdhury's candidacy in the 2008 election was cancelled by the returning officer of Bangladesh Election Commission as a court order that cleared him a loan defaulting case did not reach the commissions office before the deadline.[2]

In November 2009, Chowdhury's residence was attacked allegedly by Awami League activists.[3]

On 20 May 2010, Chowdhury collected nominations papers to contest the Chittagong City Corporation mayoral elections.[4] In September 2010, an arrest warrant was issued against him and his brother, Saifuddin Quader Chowdhury, on a bad check case.[5]

Two of Chowdhury's followers were lynched by a mob when they were fleeing after shooting a local Jubo League leader on 24 October 2013.[6]

Chowdhury is a vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party as of August 2016.[7][8] He is the former President of Chittagong District (north) unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[9] He is a director of QC Container Line Ltd and QC Shipping Ltd, both of which are family-owned companies.[10] He is also a director of Dacca Dyeing.[11]

On 3 June 2018, Chowdhury secured bail in two cases, one over threatening Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and another over vandalizing cars, from the High Court Division.[12]

On 30 October 2019, Chowdhury was sentenced to three years imprisonment for making derogatory comments about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[13] He went on the run after securing a bail from the High Court Division.[13]

Personal life[edit]

Chowdhury's father, Fazlul Quader Chowdhury, was the speaker of the parliament of Pakistan.[14] His brother, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, was a former member of parliament and convicted war criminal.[15][16] He has three other brothers, and Salman F. Rahman is his cousin.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Infighting now foils Ctg south BNP meeting". The Daily Star. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Barua, Dwaipayan; Alamgir, Nur Uddin; Chittagong (2008-12-05). "33 denied tickets in Ctg district". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  3. ↑ "Delwar condemns attack on house of GQ Chy". The Daily Star. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2022-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ Report, Star (2010-05-20). "Nomination papers to be filed quietly". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  5. ↑ "Law and Our Rights". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  6. ↑ Correspondent, Staff; Ctg (2013-10-24). "Mob beats 2 to death in Ctg". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  7. ↑ "Humam doesn't know where he was all these days". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "BNP names members of its leaders' families in new committee". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Defamation case: Charges framed against Giasuddin Chy". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Feuding SQ Chy family wanders in legal maze". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "D A C C A D Y E I N G". dacca-dyeing.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  12. ↑ Report, Star Online (2018-06-03). "BNP leader Giasuddin gets bail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Report, Star Online (2019-10-30). "Derogatory remarks against PM: BNP leader jailed for 3yrs". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  14. ↑ "War-time terror Salauddin Quader Chy to die". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Hanged war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury's son returns home after seven months". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "Salauddin Quader's family speaks to media at 1971 Goods Hill torture chamber". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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