A renowned physician by profession, Prof. A Q M Badruddoza Choudhury,  the second son of late Kafil Uddin Choudhury (several times minister in the then East Pakistan and an architect of the United Front), had his education in St. Gregory High School, Dhaka College, Dhaka Medical College and University of Wales in U.K. He received his Post Graduate Medical Training in London, Cardiff and Edinburg.

  Prof.  Choudhury, who was althrough a brilliant student,  secured second position in the Matriculation Examination and first position in MBBS (Medicine) Examination.

  He did his M R C P from Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh and Glassgow and T D D from Wales University.  He was elected FCPS (Bangladesh) as the Honorary Fellow. In 1978, he was elected Fellow  to the Royal College of Physicians from Edinburgh and later from Glassgow.

  Author of a large number of research papers in national and international journals, Prof.  Choudhury was also the President of the National Anti-Tuberculosis Association of Bangladesh (NATAB) for several times. He is ex-president of International Union against Tuberculosis of LUNA Disease (IUATLD) of Asia Pacific Zone Headquarters in Paris.

  Well-known for his aptitude towards, and liaison with, the cultural movement of the country, Prof. Choudhury is also a prolific  author, essayist, playwright and an orator of distinction. He received the National Television Award in 1976. Prof. Choudhury  was appointed Deputy Prime Minister on April 15, 1979 and held the portfolio of the Ministry of Health and Family Planning, while Ziaur Rahman was President of Bangladesh.

  As leader of Bangladesh delegation he attended several international  conferences. As an envoy of the Bangladesh President he went for lobbing for the Security Council seat in UN, which ultimately led to the withdrawal of Mongolia's  candidature and contributed to win the seat for Bangladesh  against Japan. He met the Russian Vice-President and President of Mongolia and succeeded in winning the seat of Security Council in 1978 for Bangladesh for the first time.
 

  Prof. Choudhury led the delegation to international conferences on tuberculosis and chest diseases in New Delhi (1974), Seoul, Korea (1976), Istanbul,  Turkey (1977), Brussels, Belgium (1978) and Brighton in U K (1978). He was the head of the Bangladesh delegation to the World Health Conference in Geneva in 1978 and 1979.

  He was the alternate leader of Bangladesh delegation to the UN General Assembly session in 1981, and member of Bangladesh delegation on UN's 50^th anniversary.

  He was the first Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) founded by President Ziaur Rahman in 1978. He was the Deputy Leader of the BNP Parliamentary Party and the House after 1979 election.

  He has been elected member to the parliament five times including the 8^th Parliament. He was the Deputy Leader of the House  in the sixth parliament. He was allocated the portfolio of Ministry of Education along with Science and Technology and Culture.

  He was also the Foreign Minister of the present government.

  He was elected President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on November 14, 2001 and resigned on June 21, 2002.

  Prof. Choudhury is married to Mrs Hasina Choudhury. They have two daughters - Moona and Saila and a son Mahi Choudhury who is a member of parliament.