Sultan Ahmed (Burmese politician)

Sultan Ahmed
Member of the Constituent Assembly of Burma from Maungdaw
In office
1947–1948
Member of the Union Parliament from Maungdaw
In office
1951–1962
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Minorities
In office
1956–1960
Personal details
Born1901 (1901)
Balukhali, Maungdaw, Arakan, Myanmar.
Died2 March 1981(1981-03-02) (aged 79–80)
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Political partyJamiat e Ulema
Other political
affiliations
Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
SpouseAye Nyunt (Zura Begum)
Alma materBachelor degree from Culcutta, Bachelor of Law from Rangoon University

Sultan Ahmed (1901 – 2 March 1981) was one of the longest serving legislators from Arakan, Burma (now Rakhine State, Myanmar). Ahmed was the president of the Jamiat-e-Ulema party, which was allied with the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League, the founding political party of Burma. Ahmed served in the Burmese parliament until the 1962 Burmese coup d'état.[1]

  1. ^ The Concept. Raja Afsar Khan. 1984. p. 31.