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Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury | |
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মাসুদা এম রাশিদ চৌধুরী | |
| Member of the Bangladesh 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 | 22 July 1951 |
| Died | 13 September 2021 (aged 70) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Party | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
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]
Background
[edit]Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury obtained her senior Cambridge degree from Cambridge University in 1963. She completed his bachelor's from Chittagong College and masters' from University of Dhaka.[4]
Career
[edit]Chowdhury was a faculty member at the department of sociology of the University of Dhaka.[5] She was also a part time professor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and a dean of People's University of Bangladesh.[4]
Chowdhury was elected to the parliament from a reserved seat as a Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate in February 2019.[6] She was a vice chairman of the Jatiya Party central committee.[4] 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.[7]
Chowdhury was a women entrepreneur and wrote a total of 74 books on art, social science, politics and women entrepreneurship.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Chowdhury was married to A.B.M. Fazle Rashid Chowdhury Hiru (d. 2006), a son of AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury.[8]
Death
[edit]Chowdhury died on 13 September 2021 at the age of 70 at the BIRDEM hospital in Dhaka.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Constituency 345 Seat-45". Government of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ↑ "JP MP Masuda Chowdhury passes away". The Daily Star. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ↑ এমপিকে শোকজ, কী হচ্ছে জাতীয় পার্টিতে?. BBC News বাংলা (in Bengali). Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 "JS adopts obituary reference on Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury". BSS. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "Woman entrepreneur Prof. Masuda now MP". The New Nation. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ↑ "49 female MPs to take oaths of office on Wednesday". bdnews24.com. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ↑ পদ ফিরে পেলেন জাতীয় পার্টির মাসুদা. Jugantor (in Bengali). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ↑ "Death anniversary". The Daily Star. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "Jatiya Party MP Masuda Chowdhury dies at 70". bdnews24.com. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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- Politicians from Chittagong
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- 11th Jatiya Sangsad members
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