Mahmudul Islam (24 July 1936 – 16 February 2016)
was a senior lawyer of Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He served as the 10th
Attorney General of Bangladesh
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Early life and education
Islam was born in Rangpur in 1936 to Azizul Islam, a lawyer and Jahanara Islam.
[ Mahmudul passed his HSC examination from ]Carmichael College
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.[ He completed his bachelor's and master's in political science in 1957 and ]LLB
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degree in 1959 from the University of Dhaka
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.[ He later received his ]LLM
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degree from Indiana University
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in 1980.[
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Career
Islam started his career at Rangpur Bar in 1961, and later got enlisted at the High Court in 1967.[ He worked as a junior with lawyer Birendra Nath Chowdhury and then with ]Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed
Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed (16 January 1932 – 12 July 2003) was a Bangladeshi lawyer and constitutionalist. He was a former attorney general of Bangladesh. He served as an adviser of law to the non-party caretaker government in two successive terms. ...
. He was enrolled as an advocate of the appellate division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1972. He served as an assistant Attorney General from 1972 until 1976. He served as the Attorney General from 1998 to 2001.[
Islam wrote books titled ''Constitutional Law of Bangladesh'', ''Law of Civil Procedure'' and ''Interpretation of Statutes and Document''.][
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Personal life
Islam had two sons – Asif Islam and Arif Islam.[
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References
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1936 births
2016 deaths
Politicians from Rangpur Division
University of Dhaka alumni
Indiana University alumni
20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers
Attorneys general of Bangladesh
20th-century Pakistani lawyers
Carmichael College alumni
People from Rangpur, Bangladesh