A. K. Mohammad Alim Ullah (; born 25 January 1955) is a Bangladeshi politician. He was elected as a member of parliament twice from Khagrachhari.

Early life and family

AK Mohammad Alim Ullah was born on 25 January 1955 to a

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family in Ramgarh, Khagrachhari, then located under the Hill Tracts of

East Bengal East Bengal (; ''Purbô Bangla/Purbôbongo'') was the eastern province of the Dominion of Pakistan, which covered the territory of modern-day Bangladesh. It consisted of the eastern portion of the Bengal region, and existed from 1947 until 195 ...

in the

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. He is married and has three sons.

Career

In 1985, Alim Ullah was elected chairman of

Ramgarh Upazila Ramgarh () is an upazila of Khagrachhari District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. History This was part of ancient Pundra Kingdom. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 for the liberation of Bangladesh, when Pakistan Army created the 91st ...

in the first

Upazila Parishad An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas are ...

elections. He was elected as a member of the 3rd

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

from Khagrachhari as a Jatiya Party candidate in the

1986 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 May 1986. A total of 1,527 candidates contested the elections. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 directly elected seats. Voter turnout was 61%. Bangladesh Nati ...

. He was re-elected following the

1988 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 3 March 1988. They were boycotted by several major parties, including the Bangladesh Awami League, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Communist Party of Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, the B ...

. He left the Jatiya Party and joined the

Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

in 2002. Alim Ullah is currently the advisor of the Khagrachhari district Awami League branch and a member of the Khagrachhari district executive committee.

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* Living people 1955 births People from Khagrachhari District Politicians from Chittagong Division Awami League politicians 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members 4th Jatiya Sangsad members 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis {{Bangladesh-bio-stub