Abu Sayeed Chowdhury

Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (31 January 1921 – 2 August 1987) was a jurist and the second president of Bangladesh. 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.

Chowdhury graduated in 1940 from the Presidency College in Calcutta. He obtained his master's and law degrees from the University of Calcutta in 1942, and after the Second World War he completed bar-at-law in London.

Career

Chowdhury joined the Calcutta High Court Bar in 1947, and after the partition of India, he came over to Dhaka and joined the Dhaka High Court Bar in 1948.

President of Bangladesh After liberation, Chowdhury returned to Dhaka and was elected as president of Bangladesh on 12 January 1972. On 10 April 1973,

Controversy Right after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury joined the cabinet of the new government as the foreign minister and praised the new president, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, by saying, "President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad believes in democracy and he wants to restore democratic atmosphere in the country."

Books Probashe Muktijuddher Dinguli Manobadhikar Human Rights in the Twentieth Century Muslim Family Law in the English Courts