Masud Uddin Chowdhury

Masud Uddin Chowdhury (; born 30 June 1954) is a retired three star general of the Bangladesh Army and a politician of the Jatiya Party. A former National Defence Force operative, Chowdhury served as former chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime during the second Hasina ministry.

Early life Chowdhury was born on 30 June 1954 to a Bengali family of Muslim Chowdhuries in the village of Sulakhali in Sonagazi, Feni, then part of the Noakhali district of East Bengal.

Career Chowdhury was an officer of the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini and was made a Bangladesh Army officer after the Jatiya Rakhi Bahini was absorbed into the army.

Chowdhury was appointed as chief of counter intelligence bureau of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence in 2003 by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. He also served as the general officer commanding (GOC) of 9 Infantry Division and area commander of the Savar area and GOC 33 Infantry Division and area commander of the Comilla area. In 2007, he was the chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime during the caretaker government rule during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis. He attended the 10th Annual Asia-Pacific Chiefs of Defence conference in the United States. Tarique Rahman, son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, told United States diplomat Geeta Pasi that he was tortured on the orders of Chowdhury in military custody. Pasi reported it was surprising, as Chowdhury was believed to have been close to Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He founded the Picasso restaurant in Dhaka.

Chowdhury is the president of Baridhara Cosmopolitan Club Limited. He was re-elected president of the club in 2018.

Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government, Chowdhury's home in Feni was burned down and vandalized in February 2025.

Arrest On 24 March 2026, Chowdhury was detained by police detectives in a late-night raid on his home in Dhaka led by Detective Branch Chief Shafiqul Islam.

Personal life Chowdhury's brother-in-law, Sayeed Iskander, was the brother of a former prime minister, Khaleda Zia.