Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury

Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury, known as Mostaq Mia, is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was elected a member of parliament from undivided Chittagong-17 (Cox's Bazar Sadar-Ramu) in 1973 and from Cox's Bazar-3 in 1991.^[1][2] He was an organizer of the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury
মোস্তাক আহমদ চৌধুরী
Member of Parliament from undivided Chittagong-17
In office 1970–1975
Member of Parliament from Cox's Bazar-3
In office 27 February 1991 – 15 February 1996
Preceded by	Didarul Alam Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Mohammad Khalequzzaman
Chairman of Cox's Bazar district council
In office 2016–present
Personal details
Born	Cox's Bazar District
Political party	Bangladesh Awami League
Spouse	Kaniz Fatema Mostaq
Children	one son and one daughter

Early life

Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury was born in Cox's Bazar District⋅ His father was Mamtaz Ahmad Chowdhury Khan Bahadur. His wife Kaniz Fatema Mostaq is the president of Cox's Bazar District Women's Awami League and the chairman of Cox's Bazar Jatiya Mohila Songstha. They have one son and one daughter.^[3]

Career

Mostaq Ahmad Chowdhury is the chairman of Cox's Bazar district council. He was earlier the administrator of Cox's Bazar district council. In the 1970, he was elected as an MP for the first time as an independent candidate from the then Chittagong-17 (Cox's Bazar Sadar-Ramu) constituency. Then in the first parliamentary elections of 1973, he was elected as a Member of Parliament from the then Chittagong-17 (Cox's Bazar Sadar-Ramu) constituency on the nomination of Awami League for the second time. He was re-elected as an MP from Cox's Bazar-3 (Sadar-Ramu) constituency in the fifth national election in 1991.^[3]

He was an organizer of the Bangladesh Liberation War.^[4]

He lost the 7th Jatiya Sangsad elections of 12 June 1996 and the 8th Jatiya Sangsad of 2001 from the same constituency with the nomination of Awami League.^[5]