Abu Sayeed Chowdhury

For other people with the same name, see Abu Sayeed (disambiguation).

Abu Sayeed Chowdhury
আবু সাঈদ চৌধুরী
Chowdhury in 1970
2nd President of Bangladesh
In office
12 January 1972 – 24 December 1973[1]
Prime MinisterSheikh Mujibur Rahman
Preceded bySheikh Mujibur Rahman
Succeeded byMohammad Mohammadullah
Foreign Minister of Bangladesh
In office
15 August 1975 – 7 November 1975[2]
PresidentKhondaker Mostaq Ahmad
Preceded byKamal Hossain
Succeeded byMuhammad Shamsul Haque
41st Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Preceded byPieter Kooijmans
Succeeded byHéctor Charry-Samper
1st Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
In office
1 August 1971 – 8 January 1972
PresidentSheikh Mujibur Rahman
Succeeded byS.A. Sultan
Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka
In office
2 December 1969 – 20 January 1972
Preceded byM Osman Ghani
Succeeded bySyed Sajjad Hussain
Personal details
Born(1921-01-31)31 January 1921
Nagbari, Bengal, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Died2 August 1987(1987-08-02) (aged 66)
London, England, U.K.
Political partyAwami League
ChildrenAbul Hasan Chowdhury
ParentAbdul Hamid Chowdhury
Education

Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (Bengali: আবু সাঈদ চৌধুরী; 31 January 1921 – 2 August 1987) was a jurist and the second president of Bangladesh.[3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ "Leaders of Bangladesh". Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
  2. ^ "List of Former Ministers/ Advisers". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Death anniversary of Abu Sayeed Chowdhury today". The Daily Star. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
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