Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury
{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| honorific-suffix =
| name = Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury
| native_name = খালিদ মাহমুদ চৌধুরী
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury (8) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Chowdhury in May 2018
| office = Minister of State for Shipping
| term_start = 11 January 2024
| term_end = 6 August 2024
| primeminister = Sheikh Hasina
| predecessor = M. A. Matin
| successor = M Sakhawat Hussain (as Adviser)
| office1 = Member of Parliament
| constituency1 = Dinajpur-2
| parliament1 = Bangladesh
| predecessor1 = Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman
| term_start1 = 29 December 2008
| term_end1 = 6 August 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|01|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Dinajpur, East Pakistan
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| spouse = Mosammat Rashidun Ara Hasnin
| father = Abdur Rauf Chowdhury
}}
Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury (born 1 January 1970){{Cite web |url=http://parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-bangla/309-mps-category/mps-of-11th-parliament/3592-constituency-07-11th-en |title=Constituency 07_11th_En |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=2020-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204061156/http://parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-bangla/309-mps-category/mps-of-11th-parliament/3592-constituency-07-11th-en |archive-date=4 February 2020}} is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of parliament representing the Dinajpur-2 constituency. He is served as the minister of state for shipping of Bangladesh.{{Cite news |title=State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud contracts COVID-19 |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/state-minister-for-shipping-khalid-mahmud-contracts-covid-19 |access-date=2020-09-28 |work=bdnews24.com |date=16 September 2020}} He was a organizational secretary of Bangladesh Awami League.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
Early life
Career
Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Dinajpur-2 in 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024 for four consecutive times. He is the organizing secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League. In September 2018, he asked people in the region not to worry about the National Register of Citizens, being carried out in India. He said this while on a trip to India.{{cite news |title=Don't fret over NRC: Bangladesh MP Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/tension-over-nrc-uncalled-for-bangladesh-awami-league-leader/article24962164.ece |accessdate=16 November 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=16 September 2018 |language=en-IN}} He was named state minister of shipping on 6 January 2019 in the 4th cabinet of Sheikh Hasina.{{cite news |title=Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury named State minister of shipping |url=https://newsnextbd.com/?p=6591}}
On 17 August 2024, Chowdhury was charged over an attack on a student protest during the quota reform movement on 18 July.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-17 |title=Khalid Mahmud charged over attack on student protest case |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/355088/khalid-mahmud-charged-over-attack-on-student |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }}
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Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members
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