Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury

Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury (22 July 1951 – 13 September 2021)^[1][2] was a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member from a reserved seat during 2019–2021.^[3]

Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury
মাসুদা এম রাশিদ চৌধুরী
Member of Parliament for Reserved Women's Seat-45
In office 20 February 2019 – 13 September 2021
Preceded by	Mahjabeen Morshed
Succeeded by	Sharifa Quader
Personal details
Born	(1951-07-22)22 July 1951
Died	13 September 2021(2021-09-13) (aged 70) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political party	Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Career

Chowdhury was a faculty member at the department of sociology of the University of Dhaka.^[4] She was elected to the parliament from a reserved seat as a Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate in February 2019.^[5] In June, the then chairperson of the party, Hussain Muhammad Ershad had temporarily suspended her from the party which was reinstated two months later by the new chairperson GM Quader.^[6]

Personal life

Chowdhury was married to A.B.M. Fazle Rashid Chowdhury Hiru, son of AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury.^[7]

Death

Chowdhury died on 13 September 2021 at the age of 70 at the BIRDEM hospital in Dhaka.^[8]