Jafrul Islam Chowdhury
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জাফরুল ইসলাম চৌধুরী
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Chowdhury in 2003
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| State Minister of Environment and Forest | |
| In office 10 October 2001 – 29 October 2006 | |
| Succeeded by | Hasan Mahmud |
| Member of Parliament for Chittagong-15 | |
| In office 19 March 1996 – 20 November 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Sultanul Kabir Chowdhury |
| Succeeded by | Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1950-10-14)14 October 1950 Banshkhali Upazila, Chittagong District, East Bengal, Pakistan (now in Bangladesh) |
| Died | 8 November 2022(2022-11-08) (aged 72) Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
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Jafrul Islam Chowdhury (14 October 1950 – 8 November 2022)[1] was a Bangladeshi politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a four-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-15 constituency.[2] He served as the state minister for forest and environment ministry in the Second Khaleda Cabinet during 2001–2006.[3]
Chowdhury was born on 14 October 1950. He completed his undergraduate in commerce.[4]
Chowdhury served as a state minister for environment and forest in the Second Khaleda Cabinet.[5] He was nominated from Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Chittagong-15 for the 2008 Bangladeshi general election.[6] In June 2009, he made the Joint Convenor of Bangladesh Nationalist Party unit of Chittagong South.[7] In 2010, he served as the Chittagong south district President of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[8] He was the only member of parliament from Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the Bangladesh-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group.[9] His cousin, Aminur Rahman Chowdhury, was charged with being involved in the murder of 11 members of a Hindu family in the Banshkhali carnage case.[10]
Chowdhury died in Chittagong on 8 November 2022, at the age of 72.[11]
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