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 vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University.[3][4]
Career
Ahammad was a veteran of the 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 a 1999 by-election and again in 2001.[7]
Ahammad served as the education and political affairs advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2013.[8]
References
- ^ Former VC of JU Alauddin passes away
- ^ "12 JS committees reconstituted". The Daily Star. 26 January 2000. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ সংসদ নির্বাচন, কিশোরগঞ্জের ৬ আসনের সম্ভাব্য প্রার্থীরা. আমাদের নিকলী (in Bengali). 11 December 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ কিশোরগঞ্জের বিলুপ্ত সংসদীয় আসনটি পুনরুদ্ধারের দাবি. Manab Zamin (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "8 out of 10 Jahangirnagar University VCs forced to resign since 1993". The Business Standard. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Will history repeat itself at Jahangirnagar University?". Dhaka Tribune. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Legal notice served on govt to remove PM's advisers". The Daily Star. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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