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Abdur Rahman Chowdhury (justice)
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A.F.M. Abdur Rahman Chowdhury (1926 – 11 January 1994)[1] was a Bangladeshi judge. He served as a justice of Supreme Court of Bangladesh and the president of Bangla Academy from 1993 until his death in office.[2]
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Background and career
Abdur Rahman Chowdhury was born in 1926 to Khan Bahadur Abdul Latif Chowdhury in a Zamindar family of Bengal Presidency.[1]
Chowdhury was the vice president of Salimullah Muslim Hall at the University of Dhaka in 1948.[1] He was elected Secretary General of the then East Pakistan Bar Association in 1967 and 1968. He was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1973 and served the office until 1983.[1]
Chowdhury represented Bangladesh in the United Nations General Assembly in 1977.[1] He was appointed an arbitrator in the International Court of Arbitration in Paris in 1993.[1]
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Personal life
Abdur Rahman Chowdhury was married to Begum Sitara Chowdhury.[3] Together they had a son, Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury.[3]
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