Jamal Uddin Ahmad (1 March 1932 – 3 January 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician and accountant. He served as the

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of Bangladesh from 1977 until 1982. He also served as the president of the South Asian Federation of Accountants, as well as the president of the

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for two terms. He was also on the board of directors of the

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(IFAC).

Early life and education

He was born on 1 March 1932 in

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(now

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). He obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree from

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. In 1954, Ahmad received a master's degree in commerce from the University of Dhaka. He then got selected as a Burma Shell scholar and went to London to do his Chartered Accountancy. He was a fellow of Peat Marwick Mitchel and passed the Chartered Accountancy examination the first time from England and Wales. He returned to East Pakistan in 1961.

Career

Upon his return he started his career as a Chartered Accountant. He joined the Cabinet of President

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in 1977.https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/national/2015/01/04/171349 He was appointed as the

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on 23 August 1979. During his tenure as in the cabinet he served as the minister of industries. In 1979 Bangladeshi general election he was elected to the

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from

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Death

Ahmad died at his home in the

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neighborhood in

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on 3 January 2015, at the age of 82. His first funeral prayer was held at the Gulshan Azad Mosque in

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with burial at a family cemetery in Daulatpur union,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmad, Jamal Uddin 2015 deaths Deputy prime ministers of Bangladesh Bangladeshi accountants University of Dhaka alumni Politicians from Dhaka People from Fatikchhari Upazila Politicians from Chittagong Division Year of birth uncertain 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis Government College of Commerce, Chittagong alumni Advisers of Sayem ministry