Jafrul Islam Chowdhury

Jafrul Islam Chowdhury (14 October 1950 – 8 November 2022) was a Bangladeshi politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a four-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-15 constituency. He served as the state minister for the forest and environment ministry in the Third Khaleda Cabinet during 2001–2006.

Early life Chowdhury was born on 14 October 1950. He completed his undergraduate degree in commerce.

Career Chowdhury served as a state minister for environment and forest in the Third Khaleda Cabinet. He was nominated by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Chittagong-15 for the 2008 Bangladeshi general election. In June 2009, he was made the joint convenor of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party unit of Chittagong South. In 2010, he served as the Chittagong south district president of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was the only member of parliament from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the Bangladesh-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group. His cousin, Aminur Rahman Chowdhury, was charged with being involved in the murder of 11 members of a Hindu family in the Banshkhali carnage case.

Personal life and death Chowdhury died in Chittagong on 8 November 2022, at the age of 72.