Noor Alam Chowdhury

Justice Nure Alam Chowdhury (11 August 1943 31 January 2021) was a former acting Chief Justice in Calcutta High Court and former Minister of Animal Resources Development in the Government of West Bengal.

Nure Alam Chowdhury নূর আলম চৌধুরী
Minister for Animal Resources Development
In office May 20, 2011 – 2016
Governor	M. K. Narayanan
MLA
In office May 13, 2011 – May 19, 2016
Governor	M. K. Narayanan
Preceded by	Mohammed Qamre Elahi
Succeeded by	Abdur Rahaman Liton
Constituency	Murarai
Personal details
Born	Margram, Birbhum district, Bengal Presidency ( 1943-08-11)11 August 1943
Died	31 January 2021(2021-01-31) (aged 77) Calcutta
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress
Spouse	Mamtaz Sanghamita
Relatives	Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah (father-in-law)
Residence	Kolkata

Early life and family

Chowdhury was born on 11 August 1943 to a Bengali family of Muslim Chowdhuries in the village of Margram in Birbhum district, Bengal Presidency. He was the son of Fazlul Ali Chowdhury.^[1]

Career

Chowdhury contested in the 2009 Indian general election as a Trinamool Congress candidate for Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency but was unsuccessful.^[1] He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the Murarai Assembly constituency in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.^[2][3]