Lieutenant General
Masud Uddin Chowdhury
MP
Member of Parliament
for Feni-3
Assumed office
10 January 2019
Preceded byRahim Ullah
9th Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division
In office
5 June 2007  2 June 2008
Preceded byJahangir Alam Chowdhury
Succeeded byMd Abdul Mubeen
Personal details
Born (1954-06-30) June 30, 1954
Feni, East Bengal, Pakistan (now Chittagong, Bangladesh)
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 Bangladesh Army and a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician.[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 an Bangladesh Army officer after the Jatiya Rakhi Bahini was absorbed into the army.[5]

Chowdhury was appointed director general 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 for 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 by Jatiyo Party (Ershad) Ticket.[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 is Sayeed Iskander, who was the brother of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[7]

References

  1. "Constituency 267_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  2. "Gen Masud made NDC chief in army changes". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 "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 2022-07-07.
  5. 1 2 3 "Lt Gen Masud posted to foreign ministry". The Daily Star. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  6. দেশে ফেরার সময় গুনছেন জেনারেল মাসুদ চৌধুরী. RBN24 (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Case against Afsan Chowdhury over Facebook post". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  8. "Voicebox". Star Weekend Magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  9. "Gen Masud recalled from Australia". The Daily Star. 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  10. "Lt Gen Masud leaves for US". The Daily Star. UNB. 2007-10-29. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  11. 1 2 "Not returning anytime soon". The Daily Star. 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  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. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  17. "Baridhara Cosmopolitan Club donates ambulance to Kurmitola hospital". Dhaka Tribune. 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  18. "Masud Uddin Chowdhury re-elected Baridhara Cosmopolitan Club president". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
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