Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury | |
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সৈয়দা সাজেদা চৌধুরী | |
Member of Parliament for Faridpur-2 | |
In office 12 February 2008 – 11 September 2022 | |
Preceded by | KM Obaidur Rahman |
Succeeded by | Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury |
In office 5 March 1991 – 4 November 1995 | |
Preceded by | Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Jewel |
Succeeded by | Abul Hossain Mia |
Minister of Forest and Environment | |
In office 23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001 | |
Preceded by | Akbar Hossain |
Succeeded by | Shajahan Siraj |
Personal details | |
Born | Syeda Sajeda 8 May 1935 Magura, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Died | 11 September 2022 Dhaka, Bangladesh | (aged 87)
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Spouse | Golam Akbar Chowdhury |
Children | Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury (son) |
Relatives |
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Occupation | Politician |
Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury (8 May 1935 – 11 September 2022) was a Bangladeshi politician. She served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Faridpur-2 constituency from 2008 till her death in 2022. She also served as the Environment and Forest Minister of Bangladesh during 1996–2001. [1]
Syeda Sajeda was born on 8 May 1935 in her maternal home in Magura (formerly under Jessore District) in the then Bengal Presidency in British India. [2] Both of her parents, Syed Shah Hamidullah and Syeda Asiya Khatun, were Bengali Muslims of Syed extraction. [3] Her paternal grandmother, Syeda Hamidunnesa, belonged to a Bengali Muslim zamindar family known as the Syeds of Bamna based in Barguna. [4]
Chowdhury had a bachelor's degree. [5]
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Chowdhury became the Jatiya Sangsad member from the Faridpur-2 constituency in 2008, being re-elected in 2014 and 2018,. [6] She became the Deputy Leader of the House of Jatiya Sangsad on 12 February 2019 for the third consecutive term. [7] [8]
Chowdhury became the deputy leader of the House of Bangladesh Parliament in February 2009. [9] She is only woman politician who served as General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League from 1986 and held the position till 1992. Since then she was inducted into the Presidium. [10]
Chowdhury was awarded Independence Day Award in 2010 by the Government of Bangladesh. [11]
On 10 July 2008, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against Chowdhury in connection with concealing wealth worth Tk 1.38 million and amassing it illegally. [12] [13] Chowdhury denied the allegation. [14] On 18 November 2008, Bangladesh High Court stayed the proceedings against her in the case which was again upheld by the Supreme Court on 15 February 2010. [12] She was granted bail by the High Court. [15] On 29 November 2010, High Court revoked the proceedings of the case on the grounds that the charges against Chowdhury were not specifically disclosed in the case. [16]
Syeda Sajeda married Golam Akbar Chowdhury (d. 2015). [17] Their youngest son, Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury, was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment by a special court in 2008. He was convicted for amassing wealth illegally and concealing information in his wealth statement submitted to the ACC. [18] [19]
Chowdhury died from complications of COVID-19 in Dhaka on 11 September 2022 aged 87. [20] After her death, her son, Shahdab, selected by Awami League, ran for the vacant parliamentary position in by-poll election held on 5 November 2022. [19]