Ariful Haque Choudhury (Bengali: আরিফুল হক চৌধুরী ; born 23 November 1959) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former mayor of Sylhet.

[3] On 19 June 2007, Haji Dilar Ahmed, a contractor, sued Choudhury for extorting ৳15 lakh from him over awarding a contract for road construction with Kotwali Police Station.

[4] Anti-Corruption Commission sued Choudhury for accumulating 26.3 million taka in illegal wealth through corruption with Sylhet Police Station on 9 September 2007.

[10] The approval was refused as the Awami League government were not keen to open a park named after a Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader.

[10] On 13 November 2014, Bangladesh Police added him to a supplementary charge sheet they filled over the Shah A M S Kibria murder case from 2005.

The new charge sheet also included GK Gaus, Mayor of Habiganj, and Harris Chowdhury, former political secretary to Khaleda Zia.

[11][12] On 7 January 2015, Choudhury was suspended by Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives from his post of mayor after being charged in the Shah A M S Kibria murder case.

[14] On 13 March 2017, Bangladesh High Court issued a stay order on Choudhury's suspension from the post of Mayor of Sylhet.

[16] He protested outside the office of deputy commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police over the arrest of Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists who were campaigning on his re-election.

[19] Foyzul Haque Raju, an activist of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal, died in fractional clashes near Choudhury's home after celebrating his election victory that day.