Khurram Khan Chowdhury

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Khurram Khan Chowdhury
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
Personal details
Born1945/1946
Bangladesh
Died (aged 75)
United Hospital, Dhaka
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Other political
affiliations
Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Khurram Khan Chowdhury (1945/6 – 17 July 2021) was a Bangladeshi politician who served three terms in parliament. Initially elected as a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he resigned from the BNP, joined the Jatiya Party, and later returned to the BNP.

Career[edit | edit source]

Choudhury was a founding member of the Jatiya Party. He was elected member of parliament for Jatiya Party and BNP candidates at different times.[1]

Chowdhury left the BNP to contest the 1988 general election as a Jatiya Party candidate, and was elected for Mymensingh-9. At the next election, in 1991, he was elected member of parliament for Mymensingh-8.[1]

He rejoined the BNP, and was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-9 in 2001.[2]

Chowdhury died from complications of COVID-19 on 17 July 2021 in Dhaka at age 75 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.[3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 খুররম খান চৌধুরীর পেশা পাল্টেছে, আয় কমেছে [Khurram Khan Chowdhury changed his profession and his income decreased]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 12 December 2018.
  2. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. "EX-MP Kurram Khan dies of COVID-19". UNB News. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.