Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury

Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury (13 March 1949 – 22 November 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician, war-criminal, minister and six-term member of Jatiya Sangsad and member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee, who served as the adviser of parliamentary affairs to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in from 2001 to 2006. On 1 October 2013 he was convicted of 9 of 23 charges and sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh for crimes during the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence. He was executed by hanging from the gallows in Old Dhaka Central Jail on 22 November 2015.

Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury
সালাউদ্দিন কাদের চৌধুরী
Chowdhury at a 2010 press conference
Member of Parliament
In office
25 January 2009  24 January 2014
Preceded byL. K. Siddiqi
Succeeded bySyed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary
ConstituencyChittagong-2
In office
19 March 1996  27 October 2006
Preceded byMd Yousuf
Succeeded byMoin Uddin Khan Badal
ConstituencyChittagong-7
In office
5 March 1991  24 November 1995
Preceded byZiauddin Ahmed Bablu
Succeeded byGolam Akbar Khandaker
ConstituencyChittagong-6
In office
7 May 1986  3 March 1988
Preceded byA. M. Zahiruddin Khan
Succeeded byZiauddin Ahmed Bablu
ConstituencyChittagong-6
In office
18 February 1979  7 May 1986
Preceded byM. A. Manan
Succeeded byGiasuddin Quader Chowdhury
ConstituencyChittagong-7
Minister of Housing and Public Works
In office
25 May 1986  9 July 1986
PresidentHussain Muhammad Ershad
Prime MinisterAtaur Rahman Khan
Preceded byAbdul Mannan Siddique
Succeeded byK.M. Aminul Islam
Personal details
Born(1949-03-13)13 March 1949
Chittagong, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Died22 November 2015(2015-11-22) (aged 66)
Old Dhaka Central Jail, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Resting placeRaozan Upazila, Chittagong
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
SpouseFarhat Quader Chowdhury
Relations
Children3
Parent
RelativesThe Chowdhury family of Chittagong
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Businessman
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