Alauddin Ahammad (1947/1948 – 13 December 2022) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the

Kishoreganj-1 Kishoreganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh from 2008 to 2018 by Sayed Ashraful Islam of the Awami League. His death in January 2019, days after his re-election, will trigger a by-election ...

constituency. He was a former

Vice-chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth n ...

Jahangirnagar University Jahangirnagar University ( JU) is a publicly funded university located in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the only fully residential university in Bangladesh. It operated as a project until 1973, when the 'Jahangirnagar Muslim University Act' w ...

Career

Ahammad was a veteran of

Bangladesh Liberation war The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga ...

. In 1998, Ahammad resigned after a rape on campus led to mass protests by the students and teachers. Ahammad was elected to the parliament from Kishoreganj-1 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1999 by-election and 2001. Ahammad had served as the education and political affairs advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2013.

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1940s births Year of birth missing 2022 deaths Awami League politicians 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members Vice-Chancellors of Jahangirnagar University Place of birth missing Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members People from Kishoreganj District {{Dhaka-politician-stub