Alauddin Ahammad
আলাউদ্দিন আহম্মদ
5th Vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University
In office
18 July 1998 – 1999
Preceded byAmirul Islam Chowdhury
Succeeded byAbdul Bayes
Member of Parliament
for Kishoreganj-1
In office
1999 – October 2006
Preceded byA. K. M. Shamsul Haque
Succeeded byM. A. Mannan (neurologist) (boundary Change)
Personal details
Born1947/1948
Died13 December 2022 (aged 74)
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Alauddin Ahammad (1947/1948 – 13 December 2022)[1] was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Kishoreganj-1 constituency.[2] He was a former Vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University.[3][4]

Career

Ahammad was a veteran of Bangladesh Liberation war.

In 1998, Ahammad resigned after a rape on campus led to mass protests by the students and teachers.[5][6]

Ahammad was elected to the parliament from Kishoreganj-1 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1999 by-election and 2001.[7]

Ahammad had served as the education and political affairs advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2013.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Former VC of JU Alauddin passes away
  2. ↑ "12 JS committees reconstituted". The Daily Star. 26 January 2000. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  3. ↑ সংসদ নির্বাচন, কিশোরগঞ্জের ৬ আসনের সম্ভাব্য প্রার্থীরা. আমাদের নিকলী (in Bengali). 11 December 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  4. ↑ কিশোরগঞ্জের বিলুপ্ত সংসদীয় আসনটি পুনরুদ্ধারের দাবি. Manab Zamin (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "8 out of 10 Jahangirnagar University VCs forced to resign since 1993". The Business Standard. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Will history repeat itself at Jahangirnagar University?". Dhaka Tribune. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Staff Correspondent (27 November 2013). "Legal notice served on govt to remove PM's advisers". The Daily Star. Retrieved 13 December 2021.


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