Alauddin Ahammad (1947/1948 – 13 December 2022) was a

Bangladesh 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 ...

politician and a

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 ...

member representing the

Kishoreganj-1 Kishoreganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh from 2008 to 2018 by Sayed Ashraful Islam of the Awami League. His death in January 2019, days after his re-election, will trigger a by-election ...

constituency. He was a vice-chancellor of

Jahangirnagar University Jahangirnagar University (, abbreviated as JU; initially started as Jahangirnagar Muslim University; ) is a fully residential public university, public research university located in Savar Upazila, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in ...

Career

Ahammad was a veteran of the

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. In 1998, Ahammad resigned after a rape on campus led to mass protests by the students and teachers. Ahammad was elected to the parliament from Kishoreganj-1 as a

candidate in a 1999 by-election and again in 2001. Ahammad served as the education and political affairs advisor to Prime Minister

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in 2013.

References

1940s births Year of birth missing 2022 deaths Awami League politicians 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members Vice-chancellors of Jahangirnagar University Place of birth missing Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members People from Kishoreganj District {{Dhaka-AL-politician-stub