Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury

Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury
মাসুদা এম রাশিদ চৌধুরী
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Reserved Women's Seat-45
In office
20 February 2019 – 13 September 2021
Preceded byMahjabeen Morshed
Succeeded bySharifa Quader
Personal details
Born(1951-07-22)22 July 1951
Raozan, Chittagong, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Died13 September 2021(2021-09-13) (aged 70)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
PartyJatiya Party (Ershad)

Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury (22 July 1951 – 13 September 2021) was a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member from a reserved seat during 2019–2021.

Background

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.

Career

Chowdhury was a faculty member at the department of sociology of the University of Dhaka. She was also a part time professor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and a dean of People's University of Bangladesh.

Chowdhury was elected to the parliament from a reserved seat as a Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate in February 2019. She was a vice chairman of the Jatiya Party central committee. 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.

Chowdhury was a women entrepreneur and wrote a total of 74 books on art, social science, politics and women entrepreneurship.

Personal life

Chowdhury was married to A.B.M. Fazle Rashid Chowdhury Hiru (d. 2006), a son of AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury.

Death

Chowdhury died on 13 September 2021 at the age of 70 at the BIRDEM hospital in Dhaka.

References

  1. ↑ "Constituency 345 Seat-45". Government of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "JP MP Masuda Chowdhury passes away". The Daily Star. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. ↑ এমপিকে শোকজ, কী হচ্ছে জাতীয় পার্টিতে?. BBC News বাংলা (in Bengali). Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "JS adopts obituary reference on Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury". BSS. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Woman entrepreneur Prof. Masuda now MP". The New Nation. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "49 female MPs to take oaths of office on Wednesday". bdnews24.com. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  7. ↑ পদ ফিরে পেলেন জাতীয় পার্টির মাসুদা. Jugantor (in Bengali). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Death anniversary". The Daily Star. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Jatiya Party MP Masuda Chowdhury dies at 70". bdnews24.com. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.