Alauddin Ahammad

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]

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

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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