Abdul Haleem Chowdhury

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Abdul Haleem Chowdhury
আবদুল হালিম চৌধুরী
Member of Parliament for Dhaka-2
In office 2 April 1979 – 24 March 1982
Preceded by	Moslem Uddin Khan
Succeeded by	Burhan Uddin Khan
Personal details
Born	(1928-02-01)1 February 1928 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Alma mater	University of Rajshahi
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan (before 1971)  Bangladesh
Branch/service	Pakistan Army  Bangladesh Army
Years of service	1950 - 1972
Rank	Major
Unit	Corps of Signals
Commands	Adjutant of 1st Punjab Regiment Sub-commander of Sector – VIII Sub-commander of Z Force
Battles/wars	Bangladesh Liberation War

Abdul Haleem Chowdhury (1 February 1928 – 7 October 1987)^[1] was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, Member of Parliament, and government minister. He is a retired captain of Pakistan Army and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War.^[2] His son-in-law is Mafizul Islam Khan Kamal.

Early life

Chowdhury was born on 1 February 1928 in Elachipur,

Chowdhury joined the Pakistan army in 1950 while still a student. In the army he served as the Adjutant and Quarter Master in the 1st Punjab Regiment. He served as the aide-de-camp to the GOC of the 14th division. He was the commanding officer of University Officers' Training Corps Battalion in East Pakistan. In 1962 he retired from the Army over health reasons. He joined the East Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation. He was placed in charged of setting up a sugar mill in Kushtia.^{[citation needed]}

In 1966, he joined the

During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 he helped set up the revolutionary committee of Manikganj. He was placed in charge of military operations in Dhaka Sadar and Gazipur.^{[citation needed]} He established the Haleem Bahini, a paramilitary force under his command, to fight in the Bangladesh Liberation war.^[4] After the Independence of Bangladesh, he stood again as a NAP (M) candidate in the 1973 Bangladeshi general election.^[3] He became the president of United People's Party. In 1979 he was elected to Parliament from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He served in the cabinet of President Ziaur Rahman as the minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperative. He later was in the cabinet of President Abdus Sattar as the minister of Food and Relief. He was a member of BNP's National executive committee. He joined General Hussain Muhammad Ershad's Jatiya party after it came to power. He was the minister of Agriculture and Food.^{[citation needed]}

Chowdhury died on 7 October 1987.^[1]

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