Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury

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Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury
মাহমুদ উস সামাদ চৌধুরী
Member of Parliament
for Sylhet-3
In office
29 December 2008 – 11 March 2021
Preceded byShafi Ahmad Chowdhury
Succeeded byHabibur Rahman Habib
Personal details
Born(1955-01-03)3 January 1955[1]
Sylhet District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Died11 March 2021(2021-03-11) (aged 66)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting placeNurpur, Fenchuganj, Sylhet District, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
OccupationPolitician, buinessperson[1]

Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury (3 January 1955 – 11 March 2021) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sylhet-3 constituency for three terms.

Early life[edit]

Chowdhury was born on 3 January 1955 in Nurpur, Fenchuganj to Delwar Hossain Chowdhury and Asiya Khanom Chowdhury. He was the sixth of seven brothers and had four elder sisters.The wider family mostly reside in UK and US.[2] He had an MBA degree, which he obtained from a university in the UK.[1]

Career[edit]

Chowdhury built the Delwar Hossain Chowdhury Jame Mosque in Nurpur, named after his father.

Chowdhury was elected to Parliament from Sylhet-3 on 5 January 2014 as an Awami League candidate.[3] He was a member of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.[4] Chowdhury also served as the Vice-President of the Awami League's Sylhet District Unit.[5]

Death[edit]

After contracting COVID-19, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, Chowdhury was taken to United Hospital, Dhaka where he died on 11 March 2021.[5] A Bangladesh Air Force helicopter later took his body to his home upazila of Fenchuganj, landing at the Natural Gas Fertiliser Factory playground. Thereafter, an ambulance transported him to his residence, the Nurpur Borobari, and his janaza was conducted at Kasim Ali Model High School. He was then buried in his family graveyard in Nurpur.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Constituency 231_11th_En". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  2. ↑ বাংলাদেশ গেজেট : অতিরিক্ত সংখ্যা (PDF) (in Bengali). Dhaka: Bangladesh Election Commission. 8 January 2014. p. 224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2022. {{cite book}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch (help)
  3. ↑ "Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury History". Amarmp. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "members". bgmea.com.bd. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Sylhet 3 MP Mahmud Samad dies of Covid-19". Dhaka Tribune. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Sylhet-3 MP Mahmud Samad laid to rest". Daily Sun (Bangladesh). 12 March 2021.


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