Faqueer Shahabuddin Ahmad was the first
Attorney General of Bangladesh
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from 1972 to 1976.
Ahmad
Ahmad is listed as a freedom fighter by the Government of Bangladesh for his role in the 1971
Bangladesh Liberation war
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In 1972, Ahmad was appointed the first Attorney General of Bangladesh and
Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed the Additional Attorney General.
As Attorney General Ahmad represented the government in their case against Messrs A. T. J. Industries Limited over abandoned property law.
Personal life
Ahmad was married to Ayesha Akhtar.
They had a daughter, Marina Ahmad, who resides in New York City, Mumbai, and Dhaka; and is a music teacher.
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Attorneys General of Bangladesh
20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers
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