| Office | Member of Parliament
|
|---|---|
| Term start | 2008 |
| Term end | 2014 |
| Predecessor | Altaf Hossain Golandaz |
| Successor | Fahmi Gulandaz Babel
|
| Born | 1954-05-09 |
| Born | Mymensingh District, East Bengal (now Bangadesh) |
| Died | Template:Death date and age
|
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League
|
Gias Uddin Ahmed (9 May 1954 – 5 September 2022)[1] was an Awami League politician, officer of the Bangladesh Army and member of parliament for Mymensingh-10.[2]
Career
Ahmed fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War.[3]
Ahmed was arrested in 1981 for being involved in the assassination of Ziaur Rahman, president of Bangladesh.[4]
Ahmed was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Mymensingh-10 as an Awami League candidate.[5] He had received 142,126 votes while his nearest rival from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Fazlur Rahman Sultan, had received 71,511 votes.[5] 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.[6]
On 18 May 2012, Ahmed shot at protestors from his licensed gun in Mymensingh.[7][8] He remained unpopular with local Awami League activists.[9]
In January 2013, Ahmed had threatened to shoot two officers of the Ministry of Education over delaying photocopying some documents.[7] 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".[7] He had to the secretariat to meet Dr Afsarul Ameen, the Minister for Primary and Mass Education.[7][10]
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.[11][12] He did not receive the nomination due to various controversies.[13]
Death
Ahmed died on 5 September 2022 at the Asian Institute of Medical Sciences in Faridabad, India.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Former MP veteran heroic freedom fighter Capt. Ghiyas Uddin Ahmed passes away. dailycountrytodaybd.com. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ↑ {{{title}}}. Bangladesh Pratidin. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ↑ {{{title}}}. Kaler Kantho(2022-09-05). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ↑ {{{title}}}. Manab Zamin. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Electoral Area Result Statistics. Amarmp. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ↑ {{{title}}}. Amader Shomoy. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 MP Gias threatens with 'shooting'!. bdnews24.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ↑ {{{title}}}. banglanews24.com(2013-01-17). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ↑ {{{title}}}. banglanews24.com(2012-10-11). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ↑ {{{title}}}. Prothom Alo(2013-01-20). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ↑ Search result for Candidates in Constituency Mymensingh-10 | Bangladesh Election Result 2014 by Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka Tribune(2018-04-28). Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ↑ {{{title}}}. Bangladesh Pratidin(29 November 2013). Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ↑ {{{title}}}. The Daily Inqilab. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
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