Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky

Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky (also spelled Chowdhury Tanvir Ahmed Siddiky) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is one of the founding members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He served as the State Minister for Commerce in the cabinet of President Ziaur Rahman and President Abdus Sattar. He served as the senior-most member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) highest decision making body, the National Standing Committee, until he was expelled from the party in March 2009. He had previously served as the president of FBCCI, the body that regulates businessmen in Bangladesh, in 1979 and DCCI in '76–'78.

Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky was born in 1939. He is the grandson of Khan Bahadur Chowdhury Kazemuddin Ahmed Siddiky, the co-founder of the Assam-Bengal Muslim League during the British rule and one of the founders of the University of Dhaka. He belongs to one of the oldest feudal and landed families of Bangladesh located in the hamlet of Baliadi in the Gazipur District of Bangladesh. Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky claims to be a direct descendant of Nawab Shah Kutubuddin Ahmed Siddiky Koka, the first Mughal Subedar of Bengal, and adopted son of Emperor Akbar. Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky is the father of Chowdhury Irad Ahmed Siddiky, a candidate for the Mayor of Dhaka.

Chowdhury Tanvir Ahmed Siddiky is the founder treasurer of the BNP and was a member of the National Standing Committee since its inception. He was a member of the second parliament and served as the Commerce minister in 1979–81. Siddiky was the president of FBCCI in 1979 and DCCI in '76–'78 and worked as director of former National Bank of Pakistan and Janata Bank. During the term of President Abdus Sattar, Tanbir Siddiky was convicted of corruption and served 3 years of a 14-year sentence before receiving amnesty from Hussain Muhammad Ershad. His conviction became public during the elections of 2008 after he failed to disclose the sentence as was required of those seeking office. In March 2009, Tanbir Siddiky was expelled from the BNP for violating party discipline. Tanbir Siddiky had been present at a press conference where his son made allegations against the BNP Chairperson Begum Zia and other politicians. Tanbir Siddiky did not speak out against his son's actions until the next day. Tanbir Siddiky has stated that the expulsion was contrary to the party's constitution.

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