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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1954–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gias Uddin Ahmed
| office = Member of Parliament
| term_start = 2008
| term_end = 2014
| predecessor = [[Altaf Hossain Golandaz]]
| successor = [[Fahmi Gulandaz Babel]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1954|05|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mymensingh District]], [[East Bengal]] (now Bangadesh)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|09|05|1954|05|09|df=y}}
| death_place =
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| branch = {{army|Bangladesh|23px}}
| honorific_prefix = Captain
| rank = [[File:03.capt_Bd.jpg|20px]] [[Captain]]
}}

'''Gias Uddin Ahmed''' (9 May 1954 – 5 September 2022)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Former MP veteran heroic freedom fighter Capt. Ghiyas Uddin Ahmed passes away |url=https://dailycountrytodaybd.com/story/former-mp-veteran-heroic-freedom-fighter-capt.-ghiyas-uddin-ahmed-passes-away |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=dailycountrytodaybd.com |language=en}}</ref> was an [[Awami League]] politician, officer of the [[Bangladesh Army]] and member of parliament for [[Mymensingh-10]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/country-village/2013/11/29/29303|script-title=bn:মনোনয়ন বঞ্চিত পিস্তল গিয়াস! |work=Bangladesh Pratidin|language=bn|access-date=15 April 2022}}</ref>

==Career==
Ahmed fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-09-05 |script-title=bn:গফরগাঁওয়ের সাবেক এমপি গিয়াস উদ্দিন মারা গেছেন |url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/country-news/2022/09/05/1180449 |access-date=2022-10-17 |work=Kaler Kantho |language=bn}}</ref>

Ahmed was arrested in 1981 for being involved in the [[assassination of Ziaur Rahman]], [[president of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:সাবেক এমপি ক্যাপ্টেন গিয়াস উদ্দিন আহমেদ আর নেই |url=https://mzamin.com/news.php?news=19515 |access-date=2022-10-17 |work=Manab Zamin |language=bn}}</ref>

Ahmed was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Mymensingh-10 as an Awami League candidate.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=189/year=0 |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Amarmp |language=en}}</ref> He had received 142,126 votes while his nearest rival from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Fazlur Rahman Sultan, had received 71,511 votes.<ref name=":1" /> He served in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the [[Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs]] and the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change]].<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:সাবেক এমপি গিয়াস উদ্দিন আহমেদ মারা গেছেন |url=https://www.amadershomoy.com/national/article/21261/%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%ac%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%95-%e0%a6%8f%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%aa%e0%a6%bf-%e0%a6%97%e0%a6%bf%e0%a7%9f%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%b8-%e0%a6%89%e0%a6%a6%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%a6%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%a8-%e0%a6%86 |access-date=2022-10-17 |work=Amader Shomoy |language=bn}}</ref>

On 18 May 2012, Ahmed shot at protestors from his licensed gun in Mymensingh.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-01-17 |script-title=bn:তিনি শুধুই গুলি করার হুমকি দেন! |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/166724.details |access-date=2022-10-17 |work=banglanews24.com |language=bn}}</ref> He remained unpopular with local Awami League activists.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-10-11 |script-title=bn:দলের ভেতর কোণঠাসা হয়ে পড়ছেন গফরগাঁওয়ের সেই সাংসদ গিয়াস! |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/cat/news/bd/144547.details |access-date=2022-10-17 |work=banglanews24.com |language=bn}}</ref>

In January 2013, Ahmed had threatened to shoot two officers of the Ministry of Education over delaying photocopying some documents.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |title=MP Gias threatens with 'shooting'! |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/01/17/mp-gias-threatens-with-shooting |access-date=9 January 2019 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en}}</ref> He reportedly said, "You better know I’m a death row convict in Ziaur Rahman killing case. You must do my task whenever it comes. Even then, the buggers make delay".<ref name=":2" /> He had to the secretariat to meet Dr [[Afsarul Ameen]], the Minister for Primary and Mass Education.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-01-20 |script-title=bn:এবার মন্ত্রীর দপ্তরে স্বরূপে সাংসদ গিয়াস - প্রথম আলো |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-01-18/news/322284 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120224932/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-01-18/news/322284 |archive-date=2013-01-20 |access-date=2022-10-17 |work=Prothom Alo |language=bn}}</ref>

Ahmed did not receive the Awami League nomination for Mymensingh-10 for the 2014 general election; the nomination went to [[Fahmi Gulandaz Babel]], son of [[Altaf Hossain Golandaz]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-28 |title=Search result for Candidates in Constituency Mymensingh-10 {{!}} Bangladesh Election Result 2014 by Dhaka Tribune |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428180717/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=155 |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=29 November 2013 |script-title=bn:মনোনয়ন বঞ্চিত পিস্তল গিয়াস! |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/country-village/2013/11/29/29303 |access-date=17 October 2022 |work=Bangladesh Pratidin |language=bn}}</ref> He did not receive the nomination due to various controversies.<ref>{{Cite news |last=আতিকুল্লাহ|first=মুহাম্মদ |script-title=bn:ময়মনসিংহ-১০ : গফরগাঁওয়ে বইছে নির্বাচনী হাওয়া |url=https://www.dailyinqilab.com/article/102035/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B9-%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%A6-%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%93%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE |access-date=2022-10-17 |work=The Daily Inqilab |language=bn}}</ref>

== Death ==
Ahmed died on 5 September 2022 at the [[Asian Institute of Medical Sciences]] in [[Faridabad]], [[India]].<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:People from Mymensingh District]]
[[Category:Mukti Bahini personnel]]

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