Maqbul Ahmed (2 August,1939 – 13 April,2021) was the Ameer, or chief, of

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী, Bānglādēsh Jāmāyatē Islāmī, Bangladesh Islamic Assembly), previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, or Jamaat for short, was ...

, the largest Islamic party of

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. He was from Feni. He was appointed to that position on 17 October, 2016 after serving as acting leader for six years.

Death

Ahmed died on 13 April 2021, from

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at Ibn Sina Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

References

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politicians 1939 births 2021 deaths People from Feni District Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh {{Bangladesh-politician-stub