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{{short description|Bengali politician and former Minister of East Pakistan.}}
'''Mafizuddin Ahmad''' was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] politician and former government Minister of [[East Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Debates. Official Report|year=1948|publisher=Pakistan Constituent Assembly (1947-1954)|pages=122|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZYdAAAAIAAJ&q=Mafizuddin+Ahmad|accessdate=5 March 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Ahmad was on 1891 in Barashalghar village, [[Debidwar Upazila]], [[Comilla District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj]]. In 1919, he graduated from [[University of Calcutta]] in English. He went to law school in [[Dhaka University]]. After graduation he started his law practice in Comilla bar. After meeting [[A. K. Fazlul Huq]] and [[Abul Kashem]].<ref name="knv">{{cite web|last1=Nawaz|first1=Ali|title=Ahmad, Mafizuddin|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ahmad,_Mafizuddin|website=en.banglapedia.org|publisher=Banglapedia|accessdate=5 March 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Ahmad's son [[ABM Ghulam Mostafa]] served as the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources in 1988.

==Career==
Ahmad in 1933 joined the [[All India Muslim League]]. He was elected joint secretary of the Muslim league in [[Tripura Division|Tripura District]]. He was elected to the Bengal Legislative assembly in 1938. He was made the parliamentary secretary for education. He was re-elected to the Bengal legislative in 1946. He was awarded the title [[Khan Bahadur (title)|Khan Bahadur]].<ref name="knv" />

After the [[Partition of India]] and establishment of [[Pakistan]], he became the minister of  Relief, Rehabilitation, Registration, and Prisons in [[East Pakistan]]. He was appointed to the Pakistan Planning Commission in 1954. He then served as the Minister for Education in East Pakistan from 1962 to 1965. He was awarded the Sitara-i-Quaid-e-Azam by the Pakistan Government.<ref name="knv" />

==Death==
Ahmad died in 1979.<ref name="knv" />

==References==
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[[Category:All India Muslim League members]]
[[Category:Bengali politicians]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 1947–1954]]
[[Category:People from Comilla District]]
[[Category:Education Ministers of Pakistan]]