Sultan Hossain Khan
4th Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
In office
17 February 1990 – 24 December 1990
President
Prime MinisterKazi Zafar Ahmed
Preceded byChowdhury A. T. M. Masud
Succeeded byMohammad Abdur Rouf
1st Chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission
In office
23 February 2004 – 8 February 2007
Appointed byIajuddin Ahmed
PresidentIajuddin Ahmed
Preceded byposition created
Succeeded byHasan Mashhud Chowdhury
Personal details
Died5 July 2015
Square Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Sultan Hossain Khan was a Bangladeshi Judge and the Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh.[1] He was the chairperson of the Anti-Corruption Commission and Bangladesh Press Council.[2]

Career

From 17 February 1990 to 24 December 1990, Khan served as the Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh.[3] He oversaw the first democratic election in Bangladesh after military dictator Hussain Mohammad Ershad was overthrown by a popular revolt in 1990.[4] He led the investigation of the Logang massacre in 1992 in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.[5]

Khan was appointed the first chairperson of the newly formed Anti-Corruption Commission in 2004.[6] His appointment was challenged by Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer Aminul Haque Helal in court.[7] On 8 February 2007, Khan resigned following a request to do so by the President of Bangladesh, Iajuddin Ahmed.[8]

Khan has served as the Chairperson of Bangladesh Press Council.[6]

Death

Khan died on 5 July in 2015 at Square Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Former CEC Justice Sultan Hossain Khan passes away at 91". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  2. ↑ "One-party poll to raise credibility question". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  3. ↑ "Bangladesh Election Commission". www.ecs.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  4. ↑ "Ershad, Lt. General Hussein M - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  5. ↑ "A statement made by the Jumma delegation on behalf of the Jumma Nation, the people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh". cwis.org. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. 1 2 Staff Correspondent. "Justice Sultan Hossain Khan passes away". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  7. ↑ "Appointment of Justice Sultan Hossain Khan Challenged in Court". ভিওএ (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  8. ↑ "NDI ELECTION WATCH BANGLADESH" (PDF). National Democratic Institute. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Ex-CEC Justice Sultan dies". Ex-CEC Justice Sultan dies | theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
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