SA Sultan

SA Sultan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Chandpur-4.

Early life

SA Sultan Titu was born in Chandpur District.

Career

Sultan was elected to parliament from Chandpur-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001.

Bangladesh Football Federation

On 20 December 2001, President Sultan, also a member of the BNP-led coalition government, replaced the elected body of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) led by Harunur Rashid with an ad-hoc committee. On 10 January 2002, FIFA banned the BFF for violating FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) laws that only recognize a democratically elected committee to run a member's football authority. The ban was lifted on 4 February 2002, after the original elected committee was reinstated. Eventually, Rashid resigned alleged to have been forced by Sultan who remained in the president's seat after being unopposed in the 26 April 2003 BFF elections. In June 2007, FIFA extended the tenure of Sultan's executive committee for another year.

During his tenure as president, Sultan failed to hold district and division leagues on a consistent basis, while the country's top-tier league, the Dhaka Premier Division League, was held only four times from 2001 to 2006. Sultan's reign did see some success, with Bangladesh winning the 2003 SAFF Gold Cup as hosts and the introduction of the first professional national league, the B.League, in 2007. Under Sultan's regime, Bangladesh also hosted the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup, the biggest football tournament to have taken place in the country.

On 15 December 2007, Sultan sent his resignation to FIFA, citing to personal reasons. On 16 December 2007, FIFA rejected Sultans resignation and threatened to ban the federation if an executive member resigned before the 2008 polls. Nonetheless, despite facing heavy criticism for his previous decision to reign, along with numerous disputes with journalists, Sultan remained as BFF president until the 2008 elections. On 28 April 2008, Sultan's tenure as president officially ended, with Kazi Salahuddin taking over his role.

See also

* Bangladesh Nationalist Party
* Bangladesh Football Federation

References

External links

SA Sultan
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians
Living people
8th Jatiya Sangsad members
Bangladeshi football administrators
1944 births