Matia Chowdhury

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Matia Chowdhury : biography

June 30, 1942 –

Matia Chowdhury () is a Bangladeshi politician. She is a presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League, a major political party. She is a Member of Parliament and the minister of agriculture under the prime ministership of Sheikh Hasina. She held this post once before from 1996 to 2001 during the previous tenure of Awami League in power.

Career

She is well known in South Asia for her fiery speeches and her adamant attitude, qualities that have earned her the nickname of Ogni Konna or Girl of Fire. Although she started her political career with the left-wing National Awami Party, she is now one of the most senior leaders of the Awami League.

She was married to the Bajlur Rahman, editor of The Daily Sangbad, one of the oldest Bengali dailies in existence.