| Mukhles Chowdhury | |
| Advisor to the President | |
| In office 13 November 2006 – 15 January 2007 |
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| President | Iajuddin Ahmed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lakhai, Bangladesh |
| Spouse(s) | Begum Sufia Mukhles Chowdhury |
| Children | 2 (Monsoor & Masroor) |
| Residence | London, UK |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | http://mukhleschow.webs.com/ |
Bangladeshi journalist Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury (Bengali: মোখলেসুর রহমান চৌধুরী) also known as Mokhles Chowdhury, was adviser to the President of Bangladesh during the 2006-07 Caretaker Government.[1]
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Chowdhury received his degrees in Mass communication and Journalism, and in Political Science from the University of Dhaka [1]. Chowdhury's PhD in Politics at the University of Sheffield is in progress
He is presently working as editor of the Weekly Prekshit.
On 13 November 2006, Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh as well as the Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government appointed M Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury as the Adviser to President with the rank and status of State Minister.[2] From December 2006 to January 2007, when acute national political impasses arose in Bangladesh[3] out of uncertainty about Parliamentary elections, he performed the role of President’s special envoy in the negotiation process for a peaceful solution between Begum Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina, the two top leaders of rival political alliances of Bangladesh.[4] The political parties agreed to participate in parliamentary elections and submitted nominations on 26 December 2006. But on 3 January 2007 conspirators declared State of Emergency by cancelling H M Ershad's nomination. The elections were postponed on 11 January 2007[5] at the alleged intervention of a group of military officers which had created an event known as One-Eleven that subsequently led to an interim government.[5]
Notable, in the past, during 1994-1995, Bangladesh had experienced a similar political deadlock, a failed case of negotiation conducted by the then Commonwealth Secretary General's special envoy Sir Ninian Stephen.[6]
Chowdhury alleged that Moeen U Ahmed, erstwhile Army Chief was the main force in the events of Bangladesh on 11 January 2007 and the hidden agenda of Moeen was to capture the country's Presidency in disguise of interim Caretaker Government headed by Fakhruddin Ahmed.[7] Mukhles's interviews were published in Thikana,[8] Akhon Samoy, Probashi Voice, Bangla Patrika and Probashi barta of New York[9] and Voice of America[10][11] and Euro Bangla, Bangla Post, BBC, Channel S and Bangla TV of London. "Military coup in Bangladesh: Dateline 2007", one of his fact-finding write-ups about the One Eleven conspiracy, was published in the weekly Akhon Samoy of New York.[12]
In 2004 Chowdhury was elected president of Overseas Correspondents Association Bangladesh-OCAB (Foreign Journalists Association). http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=9420
He wrote unique columns under the headings Bangabhabaner sei Dingulo in Janatar Chokh magazine of the Manabzamin
Weekly Prekshit