Sultanuddin Ahmad (19028 April 1977) was a Bengali politician and diplomat who served as the Governor of
East Pakistan
East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...
.
Early life
Sultanuddin Ahmad was born in 1902 in
Narsingdi
Narsingdi /Narsingdi Sadar ( bn, নরসিংদী) is a city and headquarters of Narsingdi District in the division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Dhaka-Sylhet highway connects Narsingdi with the capital and other major cities. The district is ...
,
East Bengal
ur,
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, status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan
, p1 = Bengal Presidency
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. He graduated from Dhaka University in 1926.
Career
He started his law practice in Dhaka in 1927. He was a lecturer at Dhaka University's law department. He was also the Acting Vice Chancellor of the Dhaka University. He was a Public Prosecutor in East Pakistan. He was the Director and Deputy Chairman of the Dhaka Central Cooperative Bank and went on to become a director of State Bank of Pakistan for four years.
He was the assistant secretary of the Muslim League. In 1943 he was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly and served until 1947. He was appointed ambassador of Pakistan to Myanmar after the partition of India. In April 1955 he was appointed as
ambassador to China. On 26 April 1958 he appointed the governor of East Pakistan, taking his oath on the 3 May.
Zakir Hossain
Mohammad Zakir Hossain is a former One Day International cricketer from Bangladesh. He played his only ODI against Pakistan on 12 January 1998. He was a first-class and List A cricketer from Bangladesh. He is a right-handed batsman and right a ...
succeeded him as the governor. From January 1959 to January 1964 he served as the ambassador of Pakistan to Indonesia. During 1964-65 he was part of Pakistan's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly.
Death
He died on 8 April 1977.
References
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1902 births
1977 deaths
Governors of East Pakistan