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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{about|the BNP politician from Cox's Bazar|the BNP politician from Dhaka|Salah Uddin Ahmed}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Salahuddin Ahmed
| native_name = সালাহউদ্দিন আহমেদ
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = [[Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges|State Minister of Communications]]
| term_start = October 2001
| term_end = October 2006
| primeminister = [[Khaleda Zia]]
| constituency_MP1 = [[Cox's Bazar-1]]
| term_start1 = March 1996
| term_end1 = October 2006
| predecessor1 = [[Enamul Haq Manju]]
| successor1 = [[Hasina Ahmed]]
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| spouse = [[Hasina Ahmed]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
}}

'''Salahuddin Ahmed''' (born 1960/61)<ref name=clear>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/news/bnp-leader-salahuddin-acquitted-india-1652182|title=Trespassing Charges: Salahuddin cleared|date=2018-10-27|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-10-26|language=en}}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician who served as the state minister of communication and a member of parliament from [[Cox's Bazar-1]] constituency during 2001–2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=Missing Bangladesh opposition spokesman surfaces in India|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/13/missing-bangladesh-opposition-spokesman-surfaces-in-india|accessdate=19 February 2018|work=The Guardian|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=13 May 2015|language=en}}</ref> He was the spokesperson of the party. In 2015, he disappeared in [[Dhaka]] and reappeared three months later in [[Shillong]], India under Indian police custody.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bangladesh Is Vanishing The Opposition|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/16/bangladesh-is-vanishing-the-opposition/|accessdate=19 February 2018|work=Foreign Policy|language=en}}</ref> In 2018, he was acquitted by the Indian court.<ref name=acquit/>

==Career==
Ahmed served as the assistant personal secretary to the then Prime Minister [[Khaleda Zia]] when BNP came to power in 1991.<ref name=clear/> He was later appointed as the state minister of communication during 2001–2006 in the [[Second Khaleda Cabinet]].<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|title=PM lobbied over Dhaka disappearance|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31967477|accessdate=19 February 2018|work=BBC News|date=19 March 2015}}</ref>

In January 2008, Ahmed was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment for taking Tk 1 crore in bribe from Mir Zahir Hossain, owner of construction firm Mir Akter Hossain Ltd. According to the charge, the bribe was taken in February 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-01-11|title=Ex-state minister Salahuddin jailed for 7 years|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-18769|access-date=2021-06-13|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Ahmed served as the Joint General Secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. In January 2015, he was appointed spokesperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party by [[Khaleda Zia]] after Rizvi Ahmed, the previous spokesperson, was arrested by [[Bangladesh Police]].<ref name="tw">{{cite news|last1=Rashid|first1=Muktadir|last2=Bergman|first2=David|title=Anatomy of a Disappearance, and a Reappearance - The Wire|url=https://thewire.in/2289/anatomy-of-a-disappearance-and-a-reappearance/|accessdate=19 February 2018|work=thewire.in|publisher=The Wire}}</ref>

===Disappearance===
In March 2015, Ahmed disappeared in [[Uttara Thana|Uttara]], [[Dhaka]]. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party claimed he had been arrested by law enforcement agencies in Bangladesh and according to witness by [[Rapid Action Battalion]]. He reappeared two months later in [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]], India. He was arrested by the Indian Police and charged under the Foreigners Act for entering India illegally.<ref name=tw/><ref>{{cite news|title=BNP leader Salahuddin says he was kidnapped from Uttara|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/05/12/bnp-leader-salahuddin-says-he-was-kidnapped-from-uttara|accessdate=19 February 2018|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> On 3 June 2015, he was charged by Shillong Police and was interned in [[North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences]] where he was receiving treatment.<ref>{{cite news|title=Charge framed against Salahuddin|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/node/115075|accessdate=19 February 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=22 July 2015|language=en}}</ref> More than 3 years later, in October 2018, East Khashi Hill District and Sessions Judge's Court in [[Meghalaya]], India acquitted him over the trespassing case.<ref name=clear/><ref name=acquit>{{Cite web|title=Shillong court acquits BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed of trespass charges|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/10/26/shillong-court-acquits-bnp-leader-salahuddin-ahmed-of-trespass-charges|access-date=2021-06-13|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=I am eager to go back to Bangladesh, says BNP leader Salahuddin|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/eager-go-back-bangladesh-says-bnp-leader-salahuddin.html|access-date=2021-06-13|language=en-US}}</ref> While in the Indian jail, Bangladesh Nationalist Party appointed him as a member of its standing committee.<ref name=clear/>

==Personal life==
Ahmed is married to [[Hasina Ahmed]],<ref name="bbc"/> with two sons and two daughters.

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