Masud Uddin Chowdhury

Masud Uddin Chowdhury
Chowdhury in 2006
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Feni-3
In office
30 January 2019 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byRahim Ullah
9th Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division
In office
5 June 2007 – 2 June 2008
PresidentIajuddin Ahmed
Prime MinisterFakhruddin Ahmed (acting)
Preceded byJahangir Alam Chowdhury
Succeeded byAbdul Mubeen
Personal details
Born (1954-06-30) 30 June 1954 (age 70)
Feni, East Bengal, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
SpouseJasmin Masud
EducationM.D.S (NU), Postgraduation[1]
Military service
Allegiance Bangladesh
Branch/service Bangladesh Army
National Defence Force
Years of service1972-2008
Rank Lieutenant General
UnitEast Bengal Regiment
Commands
Battles/warsBangladesh Liberation War

Masud Uddin Chowdhury is a retired lieutenant general of the Bangladesh Army and a politician who belongs to Jatiya Party.[2][3] He is the former chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime.[4]

Career

Chowdhury was an officer of the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini and was made a Bangladesh Army officer after the Jatiya Rakhi Bahini was absorbed into the army.[5]

Chowdhury was appointed as chief of counter intelligence bureu of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence in 2003 by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government.[5]

Chowdhury served as a principal staff officer of the Bangladesh Armed Forces Division.[6] He also served as the general officer commanding (GOC) of 9 Infantry Division and area commander of Savar area and GOC 33 Infantry Division and area commander Comilla area.[7] In 2007, he was the chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime during the caretaker government rule during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis.[8][9] He attended the 10th Annual Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defence conference in the United States.[10] Tarique Rahman, son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, told United States diplomat Geeta Pasi that he was tortured on the orders of Chowdhury in military custody.[11] Pasi reported it was surprising as Chowdhury was believed to have been close to Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[11]

In January 2008, Chowdhury was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed to the National Defence College.[5][3] Chowdhury was the High Commissioner for Bangladesh to Australia from June 2008 to 2014.[12][13][14] He founded Picasso restaurant in Dhaka.[7]

In 2017, Chowdhury filed a case under section-57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006 against Afsan Chowdhury.[7]

Chowdhury became the member of parliament for Feni-3 in 2018 and again in 2024 by Jatiya Party ticket with the support of Awami League.[15][16]

Chowdhury is the president of Baridhara Cosmopolitan Club Limited.[17] He was re-elected president of the club in 2018.[18]

Personal life

Chowdhury's brother in law, Sayeed Iskander, was the brother of a former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Constituency 267_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Gen Masud made NDC chief in army changes". bdnews24.com. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Ershad appoints Masud Chy as defense adviser". The Daily Star. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Cleaning up the Mess". Star Weekend Magazine. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Lt Gen Masud posted to foreign ministry". The Daily Star. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  6. ^ দেশে ফেরার সময় গুনছেন জেনারেল মাসুদ চৌধুরী. RBN24 (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d "Case against Afsan Chowdhury over Facebook post". bdnews24.com. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Voicebox". Star Weekend Magazine. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Gen Masud recalled from Australia". The Daily Star. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Lt Gen Masud leaves for US". The Daily Star. UNB. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Not returning anytime soon". The Daily Star. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  12. ^ "The High Commissioner". Bangladesh High Commission, Canberra, Australia. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  13. ^ "3 new diplomatic missions soon". The Daily Star. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  14. ^ "Want to go on retirement from army, Gen Masud". Priyo News. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  15. ^ Islam, Rafiqul (30 November 2018). "Lt Gen Masud's nomination irks 14-party leaders in Feni 3". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  16. ^ "List of 11th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  17. ^ "Baridhara Cosmopolitan Club donates ambulance to Kurmitola hospital". Dhaka Tribune. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Masud Uddin Chowdhury re-elected Baridhara Cosmopolitan Club president". Dhaka Tribune. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2022.