Full Name: Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury

Affiliation: Prime Minister Office

Current Position: Media and Information Affairs advisor to Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Date of Birth: April 01, 1949

Place of Birth: Bangladesh

Home District: Feni

Constituency: 266, Feni-2

Term: Nil

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Profile:

Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury (born 01 April 1949) is a veteran journalist and respected leader of the journalist community in Bangladesh. He is the chairman of the Mohammadi Group. He is also the Chairman of DBC News Channel. He also served as the Media Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina. He was appointed the advisor on 11 July 2013.

Chowdhury was born in Fatehpur village of Feni Sadar upazila of Feni district. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Dhaka University and a master's degree in public administration.

Chowdhury joined the Pakistan Observer in May 1971 as a trainee reporter and settled in September. In 1998, he became the editor of the Observer. He was the Editor of the country’s now defunct premier English daily The Bangladesh Observer. After the closure of the Bangladesh Observer, he has organized the new English daily newspaper ‘The Daily Observer’ which is being published now on behalf of The Observer Ltd. He is the Editor of ‘The Daily Observer.

Chowdhury is also committed to social activities. He is actively associated with a number of social organizations. He is a Rotarian and runs Rotary High School and Collage at Mirpur, Dhaka as the Chairman of the Managing Committee. He was a member of Chittagong University syndicate, Bangladesh Press Council, Film Censor Board, National Health Policy Draft Committee and National Education Policy Draft Committee. He was a member of the Syndicate of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

As a professional journalist Chowdhury has covered important national, regional and international events. He also interviewed many heads of state and heads of government. He visited different countries to attend international and regional seminars, conferences and training programmes. Beside his professional activities he is actively involved with the movement of the journalist community to ensure freedom of the press, human rights, democracy and rule of law. As the elected President of the country’s apex body of journalists, Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) for a number of terms, he is known and respected for his bold voice and valiant leadership to fight for the rights of journalist community and for a free media. He is an active and known figure in the country’s civil society activities and democratic movements.

In the last parliamentary elections in 2018, Chowdhury was a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League from Feni-2 constituency, but not elected.

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