Moudud Ahmed

Moudud Ahmed
মওদুদ আহমেদ
Ahmed at U.S. Embassy Dhaka in 2012
7th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
In office
27 March 1988 – 12 August 1989
PresidentHussain Muhammad Ershad
DeputyMohammed Abdul Matin
Shah Moazzem Hossain
Kazi Zafar Ahmed
Preceded byMizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Succeeded byKazi Zafar Ahmed
6th Vice President of Bangladesh
In office
September 1989 – December 1990
PresidentHussain Muhammad Ershad
Preceded byA. K. M. Nurul Islam
Succeeded byShahabuddin Ahmed
Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh
In office
9 July 1986 – 27 March 1988
PresidentHussain Muhammad Ershad
Prime MinisterMizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Preceded byKazi Zafar Ahmed
Succeeded byShah Moazzem Hossain
In office
15 April 1979 – 2 January 1980
PresidentZiaur Rahman
Prime MinisterShah Azizur Rahman
Preceded byposition created
Succeeded byJamal Uddin Ahmad
5th Leader of the House
In office
27 March 1988 – 12 August 1989
Preceded byMizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Succeeded byKazi Zafar Ahmed
Minister of Law and Justice
In office
10 October 2001[1] – 28 October 2006[1]
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded byAbdul Matin Khasru[1]
Succeeded byMd. Fazlul Haque[1]
Member of Parliament
In office
10 October 2001 – 28 October 2006
Preceded byObaidul Quader[2]
Succeeded byObaidul Quader[3]
ConstituencyNoakhali-5
In office
February 1991 – March 1996
Preceded byHasna Jasimuddin Moudud[4]
Succeeded byObaidul Quader[2]
ConstituencyNoakhali-5[5][6]
In office
May 1986 – February 1991
Preceded byZafor Imam[7]
Succeeded byZainul Abdin Farroque[6]
ConstituencyNoakhali-1[8]
In office
April 1979 – March 1982
Preceded byAbdur Rahman
ConstituencyNoakhali-5
Personal details
Born
মওদুদ আহমেদ

(1940-05-24)24 May 1940
Companiganj, Bengal, British India
Died16 March 2021(2021-03-16) (aged 80)
Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party (1978–1984), (1996–death)
Other political
affiliations
Jatiya Party (1984–1996)
SpouseHasna Jasimuddin Moudud
Alma mater

Moudud Ahmed (Bengali: মওদুদ আহমেদ; 24 May 1940 – 16 March 2021) was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. He was a standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[9] Ahmed was elected as a Jatiya Sangsad member total five times from Noakhali-1 and Noakhali-5 constituencies.

Ahmed served as the post master general of Bangladesh after independence. From the 1980s on he held numerous political offices for short stints in the Government of Bangladesh, including Deputy Prime Minister (1979–1980 and 1986–1988), Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1988–1989), Vice President of Bangladesh (1989–1990), and Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (2001–2006).

  1. ^ a b c d "Honorable Minister". Law and Justice Division. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "List of 7th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  3. ^ "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  4. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  5. ^ "List of Members of 8th Parliament of Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangsad". Bangladesh Parliament.
  6. ^ a b "List of 5th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  7. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  8. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  9. ^ "Govt lost control over AL leaders, activists: BNP". The Daily Star. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.