Abu Sayeed Chowdhury

Abu Sayeed Chowdhury
আবু সাঈদ চৌধুরী
Chowdhury in 1970
2nd President of Bangladesh
In office 12 January 1972 – 24 December 1973[1]
Prime Minister	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Preceded by	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Succeeded by	Mohammad Mohammadullah
Foreign Minister of Bangladesh
In office 15 August 1975 – 7 November 1975[2]
President	Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
Preceded by	Kamal Hossain
Succeeded by	Muhammad Shamsul Haque
41st Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Preceded by	Pieter Kooijmans
Succeeded by	Héctor Charry-Samper
1st Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
In office 1 August 1971 – 8 January 1972
President	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Succeeded by	S.A. Sultan
Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka
In office 2 December 1969 – 20 January 1972
Preceded by	M Osman Ghani
Succeeded by	Syed Sajjad Hussain
Personal details
Born	(1921-01-31)31 January 1921 Nagbari, Bengal, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Died	2 August 1987(1987-08-02) (aged 66) London, England, United Kingdom
Political party	Awami League
Children	Abul Hasan Chowdhury
Parent	Abdul Hamid Chowdhury
Education	Bindu Basini Govt. Boys' High School Presidency University, Kolkata University of Calcutta

Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (Bengali: আবু সাঈদ চৌধুরী; 31 January 1921 – 2 August 1987) was a jurist and the second president of Bangladesh.^[3] Besides that, he held the positions of the Chairmen of the United Nations Commission on Human rights, the vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh and the first Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK.^[4]