Faruk Rashid Chowdhury

Choudhury was born into a Bengali Muslim political family in Rashid Manzil near Dargah Gate, Sylhet. His ancestral home is in Dargapasha, Sunamganj District.^[5] He was one of seven children of Abdur Rasheed Choudhury (d. 1944) and Begum Serajunnessa Choudhury (1910–1974), and a younger brother of Humayun Rashid Choudhury.^[6] Abdur Rasheed was a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly and later a member of the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi, while Serajunessa was elected a member of Pakistan National Assembly.^[7]

Chowdhury participated in a 1987 by-election as a Communist Party candidate and successfully won the Sunamganj-3 constituency seat at the 3rd Jatiya Sangsad. He did a second term in the same constituency after winning the 1988 Bangladeshi general election as a Jatiya Party candidate. Chowdhury lost his seat to Abdus Samad Azad of the Awami League at the 1991 Bangladeshi general election. He attempted to regain the seat at the June 1996 Bangladeshi general elections but lost to Azad once again.^[1][2][3][8]