{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (born 1959)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Devasish Roy<br />𑄘𑄬𑄝𑄥𑄨𑄥𑄴 𑄢𑄧𑄠𑄴 | title = Raja | image = | caption = | succession = Chief of the Chakma Circle | moretext = | reign = 25 December 1977 – present | reign-type = | coronation = | cor-type = | predecessor = Samit Roy | pre-type = | successor = | suc-type = | regent = | reg-type = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|4|9}} | birth_place = Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan | father = Tridev Roy | religion = Theravada Buddhism | occupation = Politician, lawyer | spouse = {{ubl|{{marraige|Tatu Roy||1998|died}}|{{marraige|Yan Yan|2014}}}} | spouse-type = Consort | consort = yes | issue = Tribhuvan Aryadev Roy }}
'''Devasish Roy''' (also spelled '''Debashish Roy''';<ref name="np6Jul2014" /> born 9 April 1959)<ref name="ind22Dec2017" /> is a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer.<ref name="un" /> He is the titular Raja of the Chakma Circle, Bangladesh's largest indigenous community,<ref>{{cite news |last=Monet |first=Jenni |date=1 May 2015 |url=https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/indigenous-jumma-people-vow-to-launch-non-cooperation-movement-on-bangladesh-aaefc7ew1UuWX7TcvBm3_w |title=Indigenous Jumma People Vow to Launch 'Non-Cooperation Movement' on Bangladesh |work=Indian Country Today}}</ref> and was a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues from 2014 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/about-us/members.html |title=UNPFII Members |website=United Nations}}</ref>
== Career == Born in a Chakma family,<ref name="ind22Dec2017"/> Roy is a lawyer by profession and served as a special assistant to the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh (head of the caretaker government of Bangladesh) during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis. He was in charge of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs and the Ministry of Forest and Environment.<ref name="un">{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/member_roy.pdf |title=Raja Devasish Roy |publisher=United Nations}}</ref>
Roy became King of the Chakma Circle after his father Tridev Roy went into exile following the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971. In the 1970 general election Raja Tridev Roy had been elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as one of the only two non-Awami League candidates from East Pakistan. The former Raja who opposed the independence of Bangladesh fled Rangamati and escaped to Pakistan at the end of the Bangladesh Liberation War. However most of the royal family, including the Rani and Yuvraj, were still left at the Rangamati Palace. After the emergence of Bangladesh, Yuvraj Devasish Roy was proclaimed Raja due to the absence of his father.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-09-20 |title=Chittagong's former Chakma raja who left Bangladesh to live in Pakistan |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/chittagongs-former-chakma-raja-who-left-bangladesh-to-live-in-pak-4851886/ |access-date=2022-09-19 |work=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-09-19 |title=Tridiv Roy passes away |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-250386 |access-date=2022-09-19 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Roy was married to Tatu Roy until her death in 1998.<ref name="np6Jul2014" /><ref name="tr5Jul2014"/> The couple have two children, a son, Tribhuvan Aryadev Roy, and a daughter.<ref name="np6Jul2014" /><ref name="tr5Jul2014"/><ref name="ind22Dec2017">{{cite news |last=Illius |first=Shamsuddin |date=22 December 2017 |title=Chakma Raja Celebrates 40 Years |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/129173 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224034918/http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/129173 |archive-date=24 December 2017}}</ref> On 4 July 2014, he married Yan Yan, an ethnic Rakhine and had a son on April 16,2015.<ref name="np6Jul2014">{{cite web |url=http://www.nirvanapeace.com/english/news-review/country-news/678#.VUU6IeTgUfw |title=Chakma Raja Debashish Roy wedded |date=6 July 2014 |work=The Report 24 |via=Nirvana Peace}}</ref><ref name="tr5Jul2014">{{cite news |script-title=bn:চাকমা রাজার দ্বিতীয় বিয়ে |trans-title=Chakma king's second marriage |url=http://bangla.thereport24.com/article/44132/index.html |work=The Report 24 |date=5 July 2014 |language=bn}}</ref>
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