Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury

Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Sylhet-4. His wife, Momtaj Iqbal, was also elected member of parliament.^[1]

Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury
Minister of Food
In office 20 December 1988 – 23 December 1989
Preceded by	Sardar Amjad Hossain
Succeeded by	Shah Moazzem Hossain
State Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology
In office 27 March 1988 – 10 December 1988
Preceded by	Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Kazi Firoz Rashid
Member of Parliament
In office 3 March 1988 – 6 December 1990
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	A. Zahur Miah
Constituency	Sunamganj-4
In office 7 May 1986 – 3 March 1988
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Himself
Constituency	Sunamganj-4
In office 18 February 1979 – 24 March 1982
Preceded by	Abul Hasnat Md. Abdul Hai
Succeeded by	Imran Ahmad
Constituency	Sylhet-4
Personal details
Born	21 October 1944 Sunamganj District, Sylhet Division, British India (now Bangladesh)
Died	20 June 2001(2001-06-20) (aged 56) Sunamganj District, Sylhet Division, Bangladesh
Spouse	Momtaj Iqbal
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan (Before 1971)  Bangladesh
Branch/service	Pakistan Army  Bangladesh Army
Years of service	1965–1975
Rank	Major
Battles/wars	Bangladesh Liberation War

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Sylhet-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979.^[2]