A Q M Badruddoza Chowdhury

Personal data

Date of birth

1 November 1932(age 78)

Place of birth

Bikrampur, British Raj (now Munshiganj, Bangladesh)

Political party

Liberal Democratic Party (2006 � present)
Grand Alliance (2008 � present)

Other party

Nationalist Party (1979 � 2006)
Four Party Alliance (2001 � 2006)

President of Bangladesh

In office

14 November 2001 - 21 June 2002

Prime minister

Khaleda Zia

Succeeded by

Muhammad Jamiruddin Sarkar (Acting)

Preceded by

Shahabuddin Ahmed

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Dr A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury ( ; born November 1, 1932, Bikrampur, Dhaka, Bangladesh) was the 15th president of Bangladesh.

His father, Kafiluddin Chowdhury, was a political leader of Awami League and served as Minister in provincial cabinet of the then East Pakistan. Being inspired by Ziaur Rahman, the founder chairman of the party, he entered into politics as the Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) during its early years. He won the parliament election of 1979 as a BNP nominee from Munshigan and served as cabinet minister during the years 1979-1982. When the Bangladesh Nationalist Party again won parliamentary elections in 1991, after a short stint as Education Minister, he was appointed Deputy Leader of the House of Bangladesh parliament under the leadership of Begum Khaleda Zia.

In 2001, during the second spell of Khaleda Zia's premiership, Chowdhury became foreign minister of Bangladesh. Shortly afterward, in November 2001, he became the President of Bangladesh.

Party political offices
New office	General Secretary of the Nationalist Party 1979 - 1990	Succeeded by Abdus Salam Talukder
Political offices
Preceded by Latifur Rahman	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2001	Succeeded by Morshed Khan
Preceded by Shahabuddin Ahmed	President of Bangladesh 2001 - 2002	Succeeded by {{nowrap\|Muhammad Jamiruddin Sarkar}}Succeeded by {{nowrap\|Muhammad Jamiruddin Sarkar}} Acting

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