Gautam Chakroborty

Gautam Chakroborty (1954 – 27 May 2022) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-6 constituency. He also served as the state minister of water resources.^[1]

Gautam Chakroborty
গৌতম চক্রবর্তী
Member of Parliament for Tangail-6
In office 14 July 1996 – 27 October 2006
Preceded by	Khandaker Abu Taher
Succeeded by	Khondokar Abdul Baten
State Minister of Water Resources
In office 28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006
Succeeded by	Mahbubur Rahman
Personal details
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Early life

Born in East Pakistan, Gautam received his education up to LLB.^[2]

Career

Chakroborty was elected to parliament from Tangail-6 (Nagarpur-Delduar) in 1996 and 2001 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) beating Bangladesh Awami League candidate Khondokar Abdul Baten twice.^[3] He received the nomination from the party in the 2008 Bangladesh General Election but lost the contest to Ahasanul Islam Titu of Awami League.^[4][5]

Death

Chakroborty died from cardiac arrest in the afternoon/evening according to reports on 27 May 2022.^[6]