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<div>{{short description|Indian politician}}<br />
{{Other people|Sultan Ahmed}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
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| name = Sultan Ahmed<br />
| caption = <br />
| office = [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Minister of State for Tourism]]<br />
|term_start = 16 May 2009<br />
|term_end = 22 September 2012<br />
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency1 =[[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Uluberia]]<br />
|term_start1 = 2009<br />
|term_end1 = 2017<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Hannan Mollah]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Sajda Ahmed]]<br />
| birth_date ={{birth date|df=yes|1953|06|06}} <br />
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], West Bengal, India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2017|9|4|1953|06|06}}<br />
| death_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India<br />
| office3 = <br />
| term_start3 = 1987<br />
| term_end3 = 1991<br />
| constituency3 = [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally]]<br />
| predecessor3 = Md. Nezamuddin<br />
| successor3 = Md. Nezamuddin<br />
| office2 = Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly<br />
| term_start2 = 1996<br />
| term_end2 = 2001<br />
| constituency2 = [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally]]<br />
| predecessor2 = Md. Nezamuddin<br />
| successor2 = [[Mohammed Salim (politician)|Mohammed Salim]]<br />
| constituency = <br />
| term = <br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = <br />
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] <br />
[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|alma_mater = [[Maulana Azad College]] ([[B.A.]])<br>[[Calcutta University]] <br />
| profession = [[Politician]]<br />[[Businessperson]]<br />
| spouse = [[Sajda Ahmed]] (m. 1985; his death 2017)<br />
| children = Two Sons <br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Sultan Ahmed''' ([[Bengali Language|Bengali]]: সুলতান আহমেদ) (6 June 1953 – 4 September 2017) was an Indian politician and the Union Minister of State for Tourism in the [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|Manmohan Singh government]]. He was elected to the [[15th Lok Sabha]] from [[Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)]]<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://westbengalelectionresult.com/sultan-ahmed-profilecontact-blogs-news-address/473<br />
|title = Sultan Ahmed -Profile<br />
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|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101230060250/http://westbengalelectionresult.com/sultan-ahmed-profilecontact-blogs-news-address/473<br />
|archive-date = 30 December 2010<br />
|df = dmy-all<br />
}}</ref> on a Trinamool Congress ticket. He had previously been a 2-time Congress MLA for [[Entally#Politics|Entally]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-46116.html<br />
| title = Thumbnail sketches of ministers of state | access-date = 20 June 2009 | publisher = new Kerala.com }}</ref> ( in 1987–91 and once again in 1996–2001).<br />
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Sultan Ahmed joined the Chatra Parishad (student wing of INC) while studying at [[Maulana Azad College]] in 1969 and the Youth Congress in 1973. He was District Secretary of Youth Congress from 1978–80. Sultan Ahmed also was one of the founding-members of Trinamool Congress in 1998. He had been secretary of [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting Club]], Kolkata, and later President. Ahmed also served as president of Calcutta Muslim Orphanage and got many reforms in the body. He was also president of Muslim Institute and a member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. He was renowned for his work in various other Minority Organisations in Kolkata. He served as a chairman of West Bengal Minority Development and Finance Corporation.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090607/jsp/sports/story_11075485.jsp<br />
| title = Md. Sp. posts | access-date = 20 June 2009 | publisher = The Telegraph, 7 June 2009}}</ref><br />
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Sultan Ahmed died on Monday, 4 September 2017 at the age of 64 of cardiac arrest. He had gone into cardiac arrest at his home at about 11:15 to 11:30 am. He was rushed to a [[Belle Vue Clinic, Kolkata|Belle Vue Clinic]] in Kolkata where doctors declared him dead on arrival. <br />
He had 2 sons, Dr.Taha Ahmed who is currently working in Apollo Gleneagles and is married to Zeba Khan Ahmed who is a lecturer by profession and is the sister of [[Mohsin Khan (actor) ]] and other son is Sharique Ahmed who is unmarried, Sharique is the Finance Secretary of Mohammedan Sporting Club, India. <br />
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<ref>{{cite news|title=TMC MP Sultan Ahmed passes away after suffering cardiac arrest|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/tmc-mp-sultan-ahmed-passes-away-uluberia-4827898/|newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |date=4 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Trinamool MP Sultan Ahmed dies of cardiac arrest|url=http://www.asianage.com/india/politics/040917/trinamool-mp-sultan-ahmed-dies-of-cardiac-arrest.html |newspaper=[[The Asian Age]] |date=4 September 2017}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official website|http://www.sultanahmed.org.in/}}<br />
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[[Category:1953 births]]<br />
[[Category:2017 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:15th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:All India Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Maulana Azad College alumni]]<br />
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:16th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1987–1991]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1996–2001]]<br />
[[Category:People from Howrah district]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
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