Family

Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf was born into an aristocratic Bengali

Bengali people

The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...

 Zamindar

Zamindar

A Zamindar or zemindar , was an aristocrat, typically hereditary, who held enormous tracts of land and ruled over and taxed the bhikaaris who lived on batavaslam. Over time, they took princely and royal titles such as Maharaja , Raja , Nawab , and Mirza , Chowdhury , among others...

 family from Faridpur

Faridpur District

Faridpur is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Faridpur District has a population of over 1.7 million people and is situated on the banks of the Padma river . It is bordered by Madaripur, Narail, Rajbari, Magura, Shariatpur, Gopalgonj, Dhaka and Manikganj...

 district. Kamal Yusuf's grandfather was the legendary zamindar Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash

Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash

Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash, also known as Khan Saheb Moizuddin Chowdhury, was a Zamindar of the vast Chanpur Estate, a huge zamindari in the greater Faridpur region of Bengal. Moizuddin Biwshash was considered to be one of the most powerful Muslim landlords in Bengal during British rule...

. His father, Yusuf Ali Chowdhury

Yusuf Ali Chowdhury

Yusuf Ali Chowdhury , commonly referred to as Mohan Mia, was a prominent Bengali Muslim politician in South Asia. He played an active role in the Pakistan Movement as a leading figure of the Muslim League in Bengal...

 (Mohan Mia), was an eminent Muslim League leader during British rule and in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. His uncle Chowdhury Abdallah Zaheeruddin (Lal Mia) had been a cabinet minister in the government of President Ayub Khan while another uncle, Enayet Hossain Chowdhury, became a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Political life

Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Bangladesh Nationalist Party

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party , commonly referred to as the BNP, is the mainstream center-right political party in Bangladesh. BNP ruled Bangladesh total 18 years since her independence, the longest than any other party in Bangladesh...

 (BNP) led by President Ziaur Rahman

Ziaur Rahman

President Ziaur Rahman, Bir Uttam, was a Bangladeshi politician and general, who read the declaration of Independence of Bangladesh on March 26, 1971 on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He later became the seventh President of Bangladesh from 1977 until 1981...

 after the party's formation in 1979. He was elected to parliament in the 1979 election. In 1981 he was induced as a minister in the government of President Justice Abdus Sattar. In 1991 he was elected again and was made a Minister for Health in the cabinet of Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. He won the general elections in 1996 even though the BNP lost power to the Awami League. He also won the 2001 elections after which he was made Minister for Food and Disaster Management.

See also

• Yusuf Ali Chowdhury
  Yusuf Ali Chowdhury
  Yusuf Ali Chowdhury , commonly referred to as Mohan Mia, was a prominent Bengali Muslim politician in South Asia. He played an active role in the Pakistan Movement as a leading figure of the Muslim League in Bengal...
  
   (Mohan Mia)
• Bangladesh Nationalist Party
  Bangladesh Nationalist Party
  The Bangladesh Nationalist Party , commonly referred to as the BNP, is the mainstream center-right political party in Bangladesh. BNP ruled Bangladesh total 18 years since her independence, the longest than any other party in Bangladesh...
  
   (BNP)
• Chowdhury Abdallah Zaheeruddin (Lal Mia)
• 2006-2007 Bangladeshi political crisis