Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury

Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury মিজানুর রহমান চৌধুরী
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
In office 9 July 1986 – 27 March 1988
President	Hossain Mohammad Ershad
Preceded by	Ataur Rahman Khan
Succeeded by	Moudud Ahmed
Personal details
Born	19 October 1928(1928-10-19) Chandpur, British Raj (now Bangladesh)
Died	6 February 2006(2006-02-06) (aged 77) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political party	Jatiya Party (1984–2006)
Other political affiliations	Awami League (Before 1984)
Religion	Islam

Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury(Bangla:মিজানুর রহমান চৌধুরী) (October 19, 1928-February 2, 2006) was a Bengali politician, most notable for serving as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from July 9, 1986, to March 27, 1988.

Chowdhury was born in Chandpur District, in what is now Bangladesh. In college, he was involved in student politics. In 1962, he was elected to the Parliament of Pakistan, of which Bangladesh was then a part, as a member of the Awami League. When Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other leaders of the Awami League were arrested in 1966, Chowdhury served as acting general secretary of the party until his own arrest in 1967. After his release he was active during Bangladesh's successful war for independence in 1971. After Bangladesh's independence, he was a longtime member of Parliament. He became information minister in Mujibur Rahman's cabinet in 1973, and following Mujubur's assassination in 1975, he left that position and led a faction of the Awami League.

During the early 1980s, Chowdhury supported the takeover of Hossain Mohammad Ershad and joined his Jatiya Party in 1984. He served as prime minister during Ershad's presidency for two years, from 1986 until he resigned in 1988. In 1990 Ershad's presidency ended. Chodhury rejoined the Awami League in 2001 and served as an advisor to the party until his death. He died in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka and was widely mourned by politicians of all the main parties.

External links

• News article about his death

Political offices
Preceded by Ataur Rahman Khan	Prime Minister of Bangladesh 1986–1988	Succeeded by Moudud Ahmed

Persondata
Name	Chowdhury, Mizanur Rahman
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	19 October 1928
Place of birth	Chandpur, British Raj (now Bangladesh)
Date of death	6 February 2006
Place of death	Dhaka, Bangladesh