Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury
{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury
|native_name=গিয়াস উদ্দিন কাদের চৌধুরী
|native_name_lang=bn
|office=Member of Parliament
|constituency1=Chittagong-7
|term_start1=10 July 1986
|term_end1=6 December 1987
|predecessor1=Golam Akbar Khandaker
|successor1=Nazrul Islam
|constituency=Chittagong-6
|term_start=14 July 1996
|term_end=13 July 2001
|predecessor=Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury
|successor=A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury
|party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party
|otherparty = Jatiya Party (Ershad)
National Democratic Party
Bangladesh Muslim League
| birth_date = 1953
| birth_place = Chittagong, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
|father = Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry
|children = 2 sons & 2 daughters
|relatives = The Chowdhury family of Chittagong
|relations = Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury (brother)
|nationality =
Bangladeshi
}}
Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from Chittagong-6 and Chittagong-7 constituencies.{{cite news |title=Infighting now foils Ctg south BNP meeting |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/infighting-now-foils-ctg-south-bnp-meeting-1399939 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=3 May 2017 |access-date=3 August 2017 |language=en}}
Career
Chowdhury's candidacy in the 2008 election was cancelled by the returning officer of Bangladesh Election Commission as a court order that cleared him a loan defaulting case did not reach the commissions office before the deadline.{{Cite news |last1=Barua |first1=Dwaipayan |last2=Alamgir |first2=Nur Uddin |last3=Chittagong |date=2008-12-05 |title=33 denied tickets in Ctg district |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-66233 |access-date=2022-01-03 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
In November 2009, Chowdhury's residence was attacked allegedly by Awami League activists.{{Cite news |date=2009-11-09 |title=Delwar condemns attack on house of GQ Chy |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-113502 |access-date=2022-01-03 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
On 20 May 2010, Chowdhury collected nominations papers to contest the Chittagong City Corporation mayoral elections.{{Cite news |date=2010-05-20 |title=Nomination papers to be filed quietly |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-139250 |access-date=2022-01-03 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}} In September 2010, an arrest warrant was issued against him and his brother, Saifuddin Quader Chowdhury, on a bad check case.{{Cite news |title=Law and Our Rights |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/law/2010/09/02/week.htm |access-date=2022-01-03 |work=The Daily Star}}
Two of Chowdhury's followers were lynched by a mob when they were fleeing after shooting a local Jubo League leader on 24 October 2013.{{Cite news |date=2013-10-24 |title=Mob beats 2 to death in Ctg |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/mob-beats-2-to-death-in-ctg |access-date=2022-01-03 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Chowdhury is a vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party as of August 2016.{{cite news |title=Humam doesn't know where he was all these days |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/141087/Humam-doesn%E2%80%99t-know-where-he-was-all-these-days |newspaper=Prothom Alo |access-date=3 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804012556/http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/141087/Humam-doesn%E2%80%99t-know-where-he-was-all-these-days |archive-date=4 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=BNP names members of its leaders' families in new committee |url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2016/08/07/bnp-names-members-of-its-leaders-families-in-new-committee |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=3 August 2017}} He is the former president of the Chittagong District (north) unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.{{cite news |title=Defamation case: Charges framed against Giasuddin Chy |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/51827/Defamation-case-Charges-framed-against-Giasuddin |newspaper=Prothom Alo |access-date=3 August 2017 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613031514/http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/51827/Defamation-case-Charges-framed-against-Giasuddin |archive-date=13 June 2017 |url-status=dead}} He is a director of QC Container Line Ltd and QC Shipping Ltd, both of which are family-owned companies.{{cite news |title=Feuding SQ Chy family wanders in legal maze |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/02/14/d60214011310.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=3 August 2017 |archive-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614060254/https://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/02/14/d60214011310.htm |url-status=dead}} He is also a director of Dacca Dyeing.{{cite web |title=D A C C A D Y E I N G |url=http://www.dacca-dyeing.com/shareholders.php |website=dacca-dyeing.com |accessdate=3 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803213203/http://www.dacca-dyeing.com/shareholders.php |archive-date=3 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}
On 3 June 2018, Chowdhury secured bail in two cases, one over threatening Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and another over vandalizing cars, from the High Court Division.{{Cite news |date=2018-06-03 |title=BNP leader Giasuddin gets bail |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/bnp-leader-giasuddin-gets-bail-1585714 |access-date=2022-01-03 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}
On 30 October 2019, Chowdhury was sentenced to three years imprisonment for making derogatory comments about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.{{Cite news |date=2019-10-30 |title=Derogatory remarks against PM: BNP leader jailed for 3yrs |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/news/bnp-leader-gias-gets-3yrs-jail-derogatory-remarks-against-pm-1820833 |access-date=2022-01-03 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}} He went on the run after securing a bail from the High Court Division.
Personal life
Chowdhury's father, Fazlul Quader Chowdhury, was the speaker of the parliament of Pakistan.{{cite news |title=War-time terror Salauddin Quader Chy to die |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/10/01/war-time-terror-salauddin-quader-chy-to-die |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=3 August 2017}} His brother, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, was a former member of parliament and convicted war criminal.{{cite news |title=Hanged war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury's son returns home after seven months |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/hanged-war-criminal-salauddin-quader-chowdhurys-son-returns-home-after-seven-months |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=3 August 2017}}{{cite news |title=Salauddin Quader's family speaks to media at 1971 Goods Hill torture chamber |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/11/23/salauddin-quaders-family-speaks-to-media-at-1971-goods-hill-torture-chamber |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=3 August 2017}} He has three other brothers, and Salman F. Rahman is his cousin.
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