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Abu Sayeed Chowdhury
আবু সাঈদ চৌধুরী
Chowdhury 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
(1921-01-31)31 January 1921 Nagbari, Bengal, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Died
2 August 1987(1987-08-02) (aged 66) London, England, United Kingdom
Political party
Awami League
Children
Abul Hasan Chowdhury
Parent
Abdul Hamid Chowdhury
Education
Bindu Basini Govt. Boys' High School
Presidency University, Kolkata
University of Calcutta
Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (Bengali: আবু সাঈদ চৌধুরী; 31 January 1921 – 2 August 1987) was a jurist and the second president of Bangladesh.[3] Besides that, he held the positions of the Chairmen 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]
^"Leaders of Bangladesh". Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
^"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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