Abu Sayeed Chowdhury | |
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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 | Nagbari, Bengal, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) | 31 January 1921
Died | 2 August 1987 London, England, U.K. | (aged 66)
Political party | Awami League |
Children | Abul Hasan Chowdhury |
Parent | Abdul Hamid Chowdhury |
Education | |
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 Chairman 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]
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