Sultan Hossain Khan (died 2015) was a Bangladeshi judge and the

chief election commissioner of Bangladesh The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) () heads the Election Commission of Bangladesh, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections. Appointment and removal The appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh ...

. He was the chairperson of the Anti-Corruption Commission and

Bangladesh Press Council Bangladesh Press Council () is an quasi-judicial institution that protects freedom of speech and regulates the press in Bangladesh and is located in Segunbagicha, Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The act to establish the institution was passed in 1974 ...

Career

From 17 February 1990 to 24 December 1990, Khan served as the chief election commissioner of Bangladesh. He oversaw the first democratic election in Bangladesh after military dictator

Hussain Mohammad Ershad Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi military officer, dictator and politician who served as President of Bangladesh, the president of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990. He seized power as a result of a 1982 ...

was overthrown by a popular revolt in 1990. He led the investigation of the

Logang massacre The Logang massacre () was the massacre of the Jumma people by the Bangladesh security forces and plainsmen Bengali settlers in Logang village of Khagrachari District on 10 April 1992. Massacre The Logang Massacre took place in Logang villag ...

in 1992 in the

Chittagong Hill Tracts The Chittagong Hill Tracts (), often shortened to simply the Hill Tracts and abbreviated to CHT, refers to the three hilly districts within the Chittagong Division in southeastern Bangladesh, bordering India and Myanmar (Burma) in the east: Kh ...

. Khan was appointed the first chairperson of the newly formed Anti-Corruption Commission in 2004. His appointment was challenged by Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer Aminul Haque Helal in court. On 8 February 2007, Khan resigned following a request to do so by the president of Bangladesh,

Iajuddin Ahmed Iajuddin Ahmed (1 February 193110 December 2012) was the President of Bangladesh, serving from 6 September 2002 until 12 February 2009. With a doctorate in soil science, Ahmed became a full professor at the University of Dhaka and chairman of ...

. Khan has served as the chairperson of

Death

Khan died at the age of 90 on 5 July in 2015 at

Square Hospital Square Hospital is a private hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is one of three high-end private hospital in Bangladesh, the other being Evercare Hospital Dhaka and United Hospital, Dhaka. Tapan Chowdhury is the managing director of the hospit ...

, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

References

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