Muhammad Afsarul Ameen (1 January 1952 – 2 June 2023) was a Bangladeshi

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politician. He became the member of parliament for

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in 2008, was re-elected to the constituency (renumbered

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) in 2014 and 2018, and was the Minister of Primary and Mass Education until 2014.

Early life

Ameen was born on 1 January 1952. He graduated with MBBS degree from

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Career

Ameen was elected to parliament from

in 2008 as a candidate of

. He received 137,106 votes while his nearest rival, Abdullah Al Noman of

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, received 127,815 votes. Ameen was elected unopposed from Chittagong-10 as a candidate of Awami League in 2014. The election was boycotted by all major political parties and Awami League got majority of the seats without elections. Ameen was re-elected to parliament from Chittagong-10 as a candidate for Awami League in 2018. He received 287,047 votes while his nearest rival, again Abdullah Al Noman, received 41,390 votes. Ameen served as the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education. He was the vice president of the Chittagong City chapter of the Awami League.

Death

Ameen died of lung cancer at

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on 2 June 2023. He was 71.

References

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