Motia chowdhury biography channel

Bangladeshi politician (1942–2024)

Matia Chowdhury (Bengali: মতিয়া চৌধুরী, romanized: Matiẏā caudhurī; 30 June 1942 – 16 October 2024) was a Awami League leader and one of the key perpetrators of the July massacre orchestrated and executed by Sheikh Hasina's toppled regime.^[1][2][3][4] She died while awaiting trial for crimes against humanity due to her active involvement in the violent suppression of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement during the Student–People's uprising.^[5]

She was a deputy leader of parliament,^[6] and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sherpur-2 constituency from 2009 to 2024.^[7] She held the position of minister of agriculture under the first, second and third premierships of Sheikh Hasina,^[8][9] from 1996 to 2001 and then again from 2009 to 2019 during the periods when the Bangladesh Awami League held power.^[10] Known