Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf

Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yousuf (1940 – 9 December 2020)^[2][3] was a Bangladeshi politician who served as government minister.

Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yousuf
চৌধুরী কামাল ইবনে ইউসুফ
Minister of Food and Disaster Management
In office 6 May 2004 – 27 October 2006
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Mohammad Abdur Razzaque
Minister of Disaster Management and Relief
In office 10 October 2001 – 6 May 2004
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of Parliament for Faridpur-3
In office 20 March 1991 – 27 October 2006
Preceded by	Kamran Hossain Chowdhury[1]
Succeeded by	Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain
Personal details
Born	1940 (1940) Bangladesh
Died	9 December 2020(2020-12-09) (aged 79–80)
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Parent	Yusuf Ali Chowdhury (father)
Relatives	Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash (grandfather) Chowdhury Abd-Allah Zaheeruddin (uncle) Chowdhury Akmal Ibne Yusuf (brother)

He was a leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.^[4]

Family

Kamal was born into a Bengali Zamindar family from Faridpur district. His grandfather was the zamindar Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash. His father, Yusuf Ali Chowdhury (Mohan Mia), was a Muslim League leader during British rule and in Pakistan who supported Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation war.^[5] His uncle Chowdhury Abdallah Zaheeruddin (Lal Mia) had been a cabinet minister in the government of President Ayub Khan while another uncle, Enayet Hossain Chowdhury, became a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Kamal joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by President Ziaur Rahman after the party's formation in 1979. He was elected to parliament in the 1979 election. In 1981, he was inducted as a minister in the government of President Justice Abdus Sattar. In 1991, he was elected again and was made a Minister for Health in the cabinet of Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. He won the general elections in 1996 even though the BNP lost power to the Awami League. BNP won the 2001 elections after which he was made Minister for Food and Disaster Management.^[6][7] He lost his seat in the 2008 general elections. He was the vice-chairman of BNP.^[8][9]

Personal life and death

Kamal has 4 daughters.^[10] He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.^[11]