Abu Sayeed Chowdhury

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Abu Sayeed Chowdhury was a prominent Bangladeshi jurist, diplomat, and politician who played a key role in the country’s early statehood and later served in various international human rights roles.

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instanceOf Bangladeshi politician
diplomat
human
jurist
university administrator
causeOfNotability Role in the formation and international recognition of Bangladesh
Service in international human rights institutions
countryOfCitizenship Bangladesh NERFINISHED
Pakistan
dateOfBirth 1921-01-31
dateOfDeath 1987-08-02
educatedAt Middle Temple NERFINISHED
University of Calcutta NERFINISHED
University of London
employer Government of Bangladesh NERFINISHED
University of Dhaka NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Bengali
fieldOfWork diplomacy
human rights
law
politics
languageSpoken Bengali
English
name Abu Sayeed Chowdhury NERFINISHED
notableAchievement Held senior roles in United Nations human rights bodies
Helped represent Bangladesh internationally after independence
Served as an early head of state of Bangladesh
notableWork Leadership in the early statehood of Bangladesh
officeEnd President of Bangladesh: 24 December 1973
officeStart President of Bangladesh: 12 January 1972
participatedIn Bangladesh Liberation War (diplomatic and political efforts) NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Nagbari, Tangail District, Bengal Presidency, British India NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath London, United Kingdom NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Awami League NERFINISHED
positionHeld Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
Chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Judge of the High Court of East Pakistan
Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee
Member of the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations NERFINISHED
President of Bangladesh
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dhaka
precededBy Syed Nazrul Islam NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity Bangladesh NERFINISHED
East Pakistan NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United Nations NERFINISHED
resignedFromPosition Vice-Chancellorship of the University of Dhaka in protest against Pakistani atrocities in 1971
succeededBy Mohammad Mohammadullah NERFINISHED

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President of Bangladesh firstHolder Abu Sayeed Chowdhury