Back أبو سعيد شودري Arabic আবু সাঈদ চৌধুরী Bengali/Bangla Abu Sayeed Chowdhury German ابوسعید چودری Persian Abu Sayeed Chowdhury French अबू सईद चौधरी Hindi Abu Sayeed Chowdhury ID アブ・サイード・チョードリー Japanese აბუ საიდ ჩოუდჰური Georgian Чоудри Әбу Сайед Kazakh
Abu Sayeed Chowdhury | |
|---|---|
আবু সাঈদ চৌধুরী | |
 Chodwhury in 1970 | |
| 2nd President of Bangladesh | |
| In office 12 January 1972 – 24 December 1973[1] | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Preceded by | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Mohammadullah |
| Foreign Minister of Bangladesh | |
| In office 15 August 1975 – 7 November 1975[2] | |
| President | Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad |
| Preceded by | Kamal Hossain |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Shamsul Haque |
| 41st Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights | |
| Preceded by | Pieter Kooijmans |
| Succeeded by | Héctor Charry-Samper |
| 1st Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 1 August 1971 – 8 January 1972 | |
| President | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | S.A. Sultan |
| Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka | |
| In office 2 December 1969 – 20 January 1972 | |
| Preceded by | M Osman Ghani |
| Succeeded by | Syed Sajjad Hussain |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1921 Nagbari, Bengal, British India |
| Died | 2 August 1987 (aged 66) London, England, U.K. |
| Political party | Awami League |
| Children | Abul Hasan Chowdhury |
| Parent | Abdul Hamid Chowdhury |
| Education | |
Abu Sayeed Chowdhury[a] (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]
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- ^ "List of Former Ministers/ Advisers". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "Death anniversary of Abu Sayeed Chowdhury today". The Daily Star. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
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