Abdur Rouf Chowdhury

Abdur Rouf Chowdhury was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician who was a member of parliament for Kushtia-2.

Abdur Rouf Chowdhury
Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)
In office 27 February 1991 – 15 February 1996
Preceded by	Ahsan Habib Lincoin
Succeeded by	Shahidul Islam
In office 7 March 1973 – 18 February 1979
Succeeded by	Zillur Rahman
Personal details
Died	23 July 2014 Dhaka
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Career

Chowdhury was a veteran of Bangladesh Liberation War.^[1]

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Kushtia-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973.^[2][3] He was elected in 1991 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate from Kushtia-3.^[4]

Chowdhury refused to participate in the February 1996 election due to no party other than Bangladesh Nationalist Party contesting the election.^[1] The nomination went to Shahidul Islam.^[1]

Chowdhury died on 23 July 2014 in Dhaka.^[5]

His son, barrister Raghib Rauf Chowdhury, is the office secretary of the Lawyers unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.^[6]