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Masud Uddin Chowdhury
Bangladeshi politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Masud Uddin Chowdhury (Bengali: মাসুদ উদ্দিন চৌধুরী; born 30 June 1954) is a retired three star general of the Bangladesh Army and a politician of Jatiya Party.[2][3] A former National Defence operative, Chowdhury served as former chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime during Second Hasina ministry.[4]
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Early life
Chowdhury was born on 30 June 1954 to a Bengali family of Muslim Chowdhuries in the village of Sulakhali in Sonagazi, Feni, then part of the Noakhali district of East Bengal.[5]
Career
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Chowdhury was an officer of the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini and was made a Bangladesh Army officer after the Jatiya Rakhi Bahini was absorbed into the army.[6]
Chowdhury was appointed as chief of counter intelligence bureau of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence in 2003 by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.[6]
Chowdhury served as a principal staff officer of the Bangladesh Armed Forces Division.[7] He also served as the general officer commanding (GOC) of 9 Infantry Division and area commander of Savar area and GOC 33 Infantry Division and area commander Comilla area.[8] In 2007, he was the chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime during the caretaker government rule during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis.[9][10] He attended the 10th Annual Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defence conference in the United States.[11] Tarique Rahman, son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, told United States diplomat Geeta Pasi that he was tortured on the orders of Chowdhury in military custody.[12] Pasi reported it was surprising as Chowdhury was believed to have been close to Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[12]
In June 2007, Chowdhury was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed as the Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division. Later he served at the National Defence College.[6][3] Chowdhury was the High Commissioner for Bangladesh to Australia from June 2008 to 2014.[13][14][15] He founded Picasso restaurant in Dhaka.[8]
In 2017, Chowdhury filed a case under section-57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006 against Afsan Chowdhury.[8]
Chowdhury became the member of parliament for Feni-3 in 2018 and again in 2024 by Jatiya Party ticket with the support of Awami League.[16][17]
Chowdhury is the president of Baridhara Cosmopolitan Club Limited.[18] He was re-elected president of the club in 2018.[19]
Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Chowdhury's home in Feni was burned down and vandalized in February 2025.[20]
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Personal life
Chowdhury's brother in law, Sayeed Iskander, was the brother of a former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[8]
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