Nasimul Alam Chowdhury

{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Nasimul Alam Chowdhury

|native_name = নাসিমুল আলম চৌধুরি

|office = Member of 9th Parliament

|term_start = 2009

|term_end = 2014

|office1 = Member of 11th Parliament

|term_start1 = 2009

|term_end1 = 2014

|constituency_MP = Comilla-8

|predecessor1 = Nurul Islam Milon

|primeminister = Sheikh Hasina

|birth_date = {{birth_date and age|31 Jul 1967}}

|birth_place = Adra, Barura, Cumilla.

|education = B.A.

|occupation = Textile, Cable and Export Business.

|residence ={{ubl|Dhaka Address - 16 Kemal Ataturk Avenue (13th Floor), Tower Hamlet, Banani, Dhaka-1213.|

Permanent Address - Village: Adra, PO: Adra, Upazila: Barura, Comilla.}}{{Cite web|title=Constituency 256_11th_En|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/bn/about-parliament-bangla/309-2013-06-23-09-36-47/mps-of-11th-parliament/3817-constituency-256-11th-en|access-date=2021-05-28|website=www.parliament.gov.bd}}

|committees = Standing Committee on Ministry of Science and Technology

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

}}

Nasimul Alam Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician and former Member of the Bangladesh Parliament from Comilla-8.

Early life

Chowdhury was born on 31 July 1967.{{Cite web|title=Constituency 256_11th_En|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/309-mps-category/mps-of-11th-parliament/3817-constituency-256-11th-en|access-date=2021-05-28|website=www.parliament.gov.bd}} He studied up to a H.S.C. degree.

Career

Chowdhury was elected to Parliament from Comilla-8 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2009 and served till 2014.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results - Amar Desh Online |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=251&Year=2008 |website=amardesh.com |accessdate=8 April 2019}}{{cite news |title=Man arrested with seals of ministers |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2011/11/17/man-arrested-with-seals-of-ministers |accessdate=8 April 2019 |work=bdnews24.com}}

Chowdhury was re-elected on 30 December 2018 as an Awami League candidate.{{cite news |title=Cumilla-8 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Cumilla-8&d=chattogram |accessdate=8 April 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=25 November 2018 |language=en}} He had received 188,659 votes while his nearest rival, Jakaria Taher Shumon of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 34,219 votes.{{Cite web|date=2018-11-25|title=Cumilla-8 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Cumilla-8&d=chattogram|access-date=2021-05-28|website=The Daily Star|language=en}} He was appointed to the parliamentary standing committee on the railway ministry.{{Cite web|date=2019-02-08|title=Four more ex-ministers made chiefs of House bodies|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/four-former-ministers-made-chief-jatiya-sangsad-bodies-1698937|access-date=2021-05-28|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}

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