Rezwanul Haque

Rezwanul Haque Idu Chowdhury (1930–1994) was a politician from Thakurgaon District of Bangladesh. He was a member of parliament for Dinajpur-3 and later Thakurgaon-1, and Minister of Social Welfare.

Rezwanul Haque
Minister of Social Welfare
In office January 1988 – December 1990
Preceded by	M. Shamsul Haque
Succeeded by	Alamgir M. A. Kabir
Member of Parliament from Thakurgaon-1
In office 1986–1990
Succeeded by	Khademul Islam
Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-3
In office 1979–1982
Preceded by	Mohammad Fazlul Karim
Succeeded by	Amzad Hossain
Personal details
Born	Rezwanul Haque Idu Chowdhury 1930[citation needed]
Died	25 May 1994(1994-05-25) (aged 63–64)[citation needed]
Political party	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Other political affiliations	Bangladesh Nationalist Party, National Awami Party (Bhashani)
Spouse	Sultana Rezwan Chowdhury

Career

Haque first sought election to parliament, unsuccessfully, in 1973 as a National Awami Party (Bhashani) candidate.^[1]

Haque was elected to parliament from Dinajpur-3 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979.^[2][3]

He joined the Jatiya Party in 1986 and was elected to parliament from Thakurgaon-1 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988.^[4][5] He was appointed Minister of Social Welfare and Women's Affairs in the Ershad government in January 1988. The ministry was later split.^[6] Haque continued as Minister of Social Welfare from November 1989 to December 1990,^[7] while Syeda Razia Faiz became Minister of Women's Affairs in January 1990.^[6]

Personal life

Chowdhury was married to Sultana Rezwan Chowdhury, daughter of Haji Mohammad Danesh.^[8]