Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury
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Chowdhury at a 2010 press conference
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| Native name | সালাউদ্দিন কাদের চৌধুরী |
| Born |
13 March 1949 Gahira, Raozan Upazila, Chittagong, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Died | 22 November 2015 (aged 66) Dhaka Central Jail, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Resting place | Raozan Upazila, Chittagong |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater |
Sadiq Public School University of Punjab |
| Occupation | Politician, former Minister |
| Title | Member of Jatiyo Sangshad |
| Term | 1979–1983, 1986–1987, 1988–1990, 1991–1995, 1996–2000, 2001–2005, 2008–2012 |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Criminal charge | 23 counts of charges including rape, torture and genocide. |
| Criminal penalty | Death penalty |
| Spouse(s) | Farhat Quader Chowdhury |
| Children | Hummam Quader Chowdhury |
| Parent(s) | Fazlul Quader Chowdhury |
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury (Bengali: সালাউদ্দিন কাদের চৌধুরী; 13 March 1949 – 22 November 2015) was a convicted war criminal, former Bangladeshi politician, minister and seven-term member of parliament and member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee, who served as the adviser of parliamentary affairs to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in from 2001 to 2006. Despite concerns about the fairness of the proceedings, on 1 October 2013 he was convicted of 9 of 23 charges and sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh for crimes during the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence. He was put to death by hanging in Dhaka on 22 November 2015.
Chowdhury was born on 13 March 1949 in Gahira Village. He was from a political family of Raozan Upazila in erstwhile East Pakistan. He received his education from the boarding school, Sadiq Public School at Bahawalpur, Pakistan. His father, Fazlul Quader Chowdhury, was a Speaker of Pakistan National Assembly and Acting President of Pakistan from time to time before the independence of Bangladesh.
Chowdhury was a member of the Bangladesh Parliament. He was a member of the standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
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