Alauddin Ahmed
| Former Education Adviser to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
| Educationist, Politician |
Full Name: Professor Dr. Alauddin Ahmed
Affiliation: Bangladesh Awami League
Current Position: Deceased
Date of Birth: 1947
Date of Death: December 13, 2022
Place of Birth: Bangladesh
Home District: Kishoreganj
Constituency: 162, Kishoreganj-1
Term: Second (7th-1999 by election, 8th-2001)
Nationality: Bangladeshi
Profile:
Dr. Alauddin Ahmed (born 1947 - 13 December 2022) was a Valiant freedom fighter, Educationist, politician, former Education Adviser to the Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Member of Parliament represented Kishoreganj-1 constituency. He was also a Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University.
Alauddin was born in Kishoreganj district. He served as the Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University from 16 July 1998 to 1999. In 1999, the government removed Alauddin Ahmed during the anti-rape movement on JU campus and an increase of tuition fees.
On his retirement from the university, he appeared as a political figure and was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) from Pakundia-Hossainpur constituency of his ancestral home in Kishorganj and later played a crucial role in the nomination process of Awami League during the December 2008 elections. He later served as the Prime Minister's adviser with the status of a minister but largely became incapacitated five years ago when he suffered a massive stroke.
A prominent freedom fighter Alauddin took part in several clandestine operations as a leading navy commando and after the war he joined the Bangladesh Civil Service as a magistrate but latter preferred to be an academic and got his appointment as a faculty of Jahangirnagar University's chemistry department.
Alauddin breathed his last at 3:30 pm on Tuesday December 13, while undergoing treatment at United Hospital in the capital. He was laid to his eternal rest at his ancestral Gurudia village of Kishorganj district.
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