Abu Sayeed Chowdhury

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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