Abdul Halim Chowdhury

Abdul Haleem Chowdhury (1 February 1928 – 7 October 1987) was a politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, MP, and government minister. He is a retired captain of the Pakistan Army and fought in the 1971 war and established Halim Bahini. His son-in-law is Mafizul Islam Khan Kamal.

Early life Chowdhury was born on 1 February 1928 in Elachipur, Shivalaya, Manikganj, Bengal Presidency, British India. He graduated from Faridpur Zilla School. He went on to Rajshahi College and finished his BA in economics from Rajshahi University. He started his master's degree at Dhaka University.

During the Bangladesh 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. He established the Halim Bahini, a paramilitary force under his command, to fight in the war. After the independence of Bangladesh, he stood again as a NAP (M) candidate in the 1973 Bangladeshi general election. He became the president of the 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 the 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.

Death Chowdhury died on 7 October 1987.