Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury

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Preceded byAbdus Sattar
ConstituencyTangail-1
Succeeded byIbrahim Khan[1]
Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury
Member of the 2nd Jatiya Sangsad
In office
18 February 1979  30 September 1981
Preceded byAbdus Sattar
Succeeded bySyeda Ashiqua Akbar
ConstituencyTangail-1
Minister for Commerce and Industry, East Pakistan
In office
1962–1963
Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1937–1939
Succeeded byIbrahim Khan[1]
ConstituencyTangail North (Madhupur-Gopalpur)
Personal details
Born17 September 1910
Tangail, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Died30 September 1981(1981-09-30) (aged 71)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyKrishak Sramik Party
Awami League
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
ChildrenSyeda Ashiqua Akbar
Parent
RelativesAfeefuddin Ahmed (grandson)
Mohammad Ali Bogra (nephew)
Ashraf Ali Khan Chowdhury (father-in-law)
OccupationPolitician

Syed Hasan Ali Chowdhury (Bengali: সৈয়দ হাসান আলী চৌধুরী; c.1910 – 30 September 1981) was a Bangladeshi politician, minister and the former Nawab of Dhanbari. He served as a Minister for Commerce and Industry in East Pakistan after being elected in 1962 elections.[2][3]

Chowdhury was born in c.1910 to a Bengali zamindar family known as the Nawabs of Dhanbari. His father Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury was one of the founders of Dhaka University and the first Muslim minister of United Bengal.[2][4][5][3]

Career

Chowdhury entered politics by joining A. K. Fazlul Huq's Krishak Sramik Party. He contested for the party in the 1937 Bengal legislative elections, winning in the Tangail North (Madhupur-Gopalpur) constituency.[6][2]

In 1962, he was made Minister for Commerce and Industry of East Pakistan.[7] After the Bangladesh Liberation War, he contested as a Bangladesh National Party candidate from the Tangail-1 (Madhupur-Dhanbari) constituency in the second Bangladeshi parliamentary election held on 18 February 1979. He was the All Committee's Chair of the second Jatiyo Sangshad].[2]

Personal life

Death and legacy

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