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Biography
Matia Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician. She is a presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League. She is a Member of Parliament and the Minister of Agriculture under the prime ministership of Sheikh Hasina. She held this post twice before from 1996 to 2001 and 2009 to 2013 during the previous tenure of Awami League in power.
Career
Chowdhury 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.
Personal life
Chowdhury was married to Bajlur Rahman, editor of The Sangbad, one of the oldest Bengali language dailies still in circulation. He died on 26 February 2008.