Fazlul Quader Chowdhury (also known as A.K.M. Fazlul Quader Chowdhry) was the 5th speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan

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, and was from East Pakistan

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. He belonged to Ayub Khan's Convention Muslim League

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.He was also the acting President of Pakistan from time to time when Ayub Khan left the country. His elder brother Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury was the leader of the opposition in Pakistan.Quader was Preceded by Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan

Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan

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 of Awami League.

He became a Bangladesh

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i after the secession of East Pakistan

East Pakistan

East Pakistan was a provincial state of Pakistan established in 14 August 1947. The provincial state existed until its declaration of independence on 26 March 1971 as the independent nation of Bangladesh. Pakistan recognized the new nation on 16 December 1971. East Pakistan was created from Bengal...

, and was jailed in Bangladesh for his war crime

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 as collaborator

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 of Pakistan Army

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 during 1971. He died in the prison

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 in 1973 due to old age.

His elder son Salauddin Quader Chowdhury is now a member of the Bangladeshi Parliament

Jatiyo Sangshad

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.

See also

• Bangladeshi political families
  Bangladeshi political families
  This is a listing of political families in Bangladesh. The families listed here have been involved in different periods of political life in Bangladesh's history, from the pre-partition days during British rule to the present-day politics of Bangladesh....