Career
He served as the Commerce Minister of Bangladesh in the cabinet of President Ziaur Rahman and President Abdus Sattar. He had previously served as the president of FBCCI, the body that regulates businessmen in Bangladesh, in 1979 and DCCI in "76–"78. Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky was born in 1939.
He belongs to one of the oldest feudal and aristocratic landed families of Bangladesh located in the hamlet of Baliadi in the Gazipur District of Bangladesh.
Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky claims to be a direct descendant of Nawab Shah Kutubuddin Ahmed Siddiky Koka, the first Mughal Subedar of Bengal, and adopted son of Emperor Akbar. Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky is the father of Chowdhury Irad Ahmed Siddiky, a candidate for the Mayor of Dhaka.
Siddiky was the president of FBCCI in 1979 and DCCI in "76–"78 and worked as director of former National Bank of Pakistan and Janata Bank. During the term of President Abdus Sattar, Tanbir Siddiky was convicted of corruption and served 3 years of a 14-year sentence before receiving amnesty from Hussain Muhammad Ershad.
His conviction became public during the elections of 2008 after he failed to disclose the sentence as was required of those seeking office.
Tanbir Siddiky did not speak out against his son"s actions until the next day. Tanbir Siddiky has stated that the expulsion was contrary to the party"s constitution.