Syeda sajeda chowdhury biography of michael

Bangladeshi politician (1935–2022)

Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury (8 May 1935 – 11 September 2022) was a Bangladeshi politician. She served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Faridpur-2 constituency from 2008 till her death in 2022.

She also served as the Environment and Forest Minister of Bangladesh during 1996–2001.^[1]

Early life and family

Syeda Sajeda was born on 8 May 1935 in her maternal home in Magura (formerly under Jessore District) in the then Bengal Presidency in British India.^[2] Both of her parents, Syed Shah Hamidullah and Syeda Asiya Khatun, were Bengali Muslims of Syed extraction.^[3] Her paternal grandmother, Syeda Hamidunnesa, belonged to a Bengali Muslimzamindar family known as the Syeds of Bamna based in Barguna.^[4]

Chowdhury had a bachelor's degree.^[5]

Political career