Saber Hossain Chowdhury

Saber Hossain Chowdhury
সাবের হোসেন চৌধুরী
Chowdhury in 2023
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
In office
11 January 2024 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byMd. Shahab Uddin
Succeeded byRizwana Hasan
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Dhaka-9
In office
25 January 2009 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byKhandokar Mahbub Uddin Ahmad
Special Covoy of Prime Minister of Bangladesh
In office
12 June 2023 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byHussain Muhammad Ershad
Deputy Minister of Shipping
In office
1 January 1998 – 15 July 2001
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byDhirendra Debnath Shambhu[1]
President of Bangladesh Cricket Board
In office
4 July 1996 – 19 August 2001
Preceded byMustafizur Rahman
Succeeded byM Akmal Hossain
Personal details
Born (1961-09-10) 10 September 1961 (age 63)
Feni, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
RelativesThe Chowdhury family of Chittagong
Alma mater
Websitesaberchowdhury.com

Saber Hossain Chowdhury, OF (born 10 September 1961) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-9 constituency during 2008–2024. He was the president of Inter-Parliamentary Union from 2014 to 2017.[2][3][4] He is a former president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. He received the Order of Friendship, Russia's highest state decoration.[5]

  1. ^ "6 new ministers take oath, 2 promoted". The Daily Star. 1 January 1998. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Past IPU Presidents". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ^ Mahmood, Raihan (5 January 2014). "Joyful Joy and Durjoy". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Saber Chowdhury visits Turkey as IPU president". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Saber Hossain Chowdhury receives Russia's highest state honour". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 15 October 2017.