Jafrul Islam Chowdhury

Jafrul Islam Chowdhury (14 October 1950 – 8 November 2022)^[1] was a Bangladeshi politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a four-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-15 constituency.^[2] He served as the state minister for forest and environment ministry in the Second Khaleda Cabinet during 2001–2006.^[3]

Jafrul Islam Chowdhury
জাফরুল ইসলাম চৌধুরী
Chowdhury in 2003
Minister of State for Environment and Forest
In office 10 October 2001 – 29 October 2006
Prime Minister	Khaleda Zia
Succeeded by	Hasan Mahmud
Member of Parliament
In office 19 March 1996 – 20 November 2013
Preceded by	Sultanul Kabir Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin
Constituency	Chittagong-15
Personal details
Born	(1950-10-14)14 October 1950 Banshkhali Upazila, Chittagong District, East Bengal, Pakistan (now in Bangladesh)
Died	8 November 2022(2022-11-08) (aged 72) Chittagong, Bangladesh
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Early life

Chowdhury was born on 14 October 1950. He completed his undergraduate in commerce.^[4]

Career

Chowdhury served as a state minister for environment and forest in the Second Khaleda Cabinet.^[5] He was nominated from Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Chittagong-15 for the 2008 Bangladeshi general election.^[6] In June 2009, he made the Joint Convenor of Bangladesh Nationalist Party unit of Chittagong South.^[7] In 2010, he served as the Chittagong south district President of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.^[8] He was the only member of parliament from Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the Bangladesh-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group.^[9] His cousin, Aminur Rahman Chowdhury, was charged with being involved in the murder of 11 members of a Hindu family in the Banshkhali carnage case.^[10]

Personal life and death

Chowdhury died in Chittagong on 8 November 2022, at the age of 72.^[11]