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	{{short description\|Bangladeshi Politician, Minister of Commerce, Government of the Republic of Bangladesh}}		{{short description\|Bangladeshi Politician, Minister of Commerce, Government of the Republic of Bangladesh}}
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	\|name=Tofail Ahmed		\|name=Tofail Ahmed
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	\| term_start4 = 25 January 2009		\| term_start4 = 25 January 2009
	\| term_end4 = 20 November 2013		\| term_end4 = 20 November 2013
	\| successor4 = [[Ali Azam]]		\| successor4 = [[Ali Azam (Barisal politician)\|Ali Azam]]
	\| term_start5 = 14 July 1996		\| term_start5 = 14 July 1996
	\| term_end5 = 13 July 2001		\| term_end5 = 13 July 2001
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	Ahmed was born on 22 October 1943 in [[Bhola]] in the then [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/no-council-years-al-top-brass-districts-142168\|title=No council for years in AL top brass' districts\|date=13 September 2015\|newspaper=The Daily Star\|access-date=5 February 2017\|language=en}}</ref>		Ahmed was born on 22 October 1943 in [[Bhola]] in the then [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/no-council-years-al-top-brass-districts-142168\|title=No council for years in AL top brass' districts\|date=13 September 2015\|newspaper=The Daily Star\|access-date=5 February 2017\|language=en}}</ref>

	Ahmed joined the [[Awami League]] and in support of the 1966 [[Six point movement]] of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]].<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_x8ZSDg-9wIC&dq=Tofael+Ahmed&pg=PA101\|title=Bullets of '71: A Freedom Fighter's Story\|last=Nabī\|first=Nūruna\|date=1 January 2010\|publisher=AuthorHouse\|isbn=9781452043777\|pages=101\|language=en}}</ref> was involved in the 1969 [[Mass Uprising Day\|mass uprising in East Pakistan]] as a student leader.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/youth/news/137047/Hasina-asks-BCL-men-to-give-priority-to-learning\|title=Hasina asks BCL men to give priority to learning\|newspaper=Prothom Alo\|access-date=5 February ~~2017~~}}</ref> He was the vice-president of [[Dhaka University Central Students' Union]].<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F9XrAAAAMAAJ&q=Tofael+Ahmed\|title=My Story of 1971: Through the Holocaust that Created Bangladesh\|last=Rahman\|first=Muhammad Anisur\|date=1 January 2001\|publisher=Liberation War Museum\|pages=20\|language=en}}</ref> In 1970, Ahmed was a political secretary of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]. He was a Bangladesh independence activist one of the organizers of [[Mujib Bahini]] during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] in 1971.		Ahmed joined the [[Awami League]] and in support of the 1966 [[Six point movement]] of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]].<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_x8ZSDg-9wIC&dq=Tofael+Ahmed&pg=PA101\|title=Bullets of '71: A Freedom Fighter's Story\|last=Nabī\|first=Nūruna\|date=1 January 2010\|publisher=AuthorHouse\|isbn=9781452043777\|pages=101\|language=en}}</ref> was involved in the 1969 [[Mass Uprising Day\|mass uprising in East Pakistan]] as a student leader.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/youth/news/137047/Hasina-asks-BCL-men-to-give-priority-to-learning\|title=Hasina asks BCL men to give priority to learning\|newspaper=Prothom Alo\|access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref> He was the vice-president of [[Dhaka University Central Students' Union]].<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F9XrAAAAMAAJ&q=Tofael+Ahmed\|title=My Story of 1971: Through the Holocaust that Created Bangladesh\|last=Rahman\|first=Muhammad Anisur\|date=1 January 2001\|publisher=Liberation War Museum\|pages=20\|language=en}}</ref> In 1970, Ahmed was a political secretary of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]. He was a Bangladesh independence activist one of the organizers of [[Mujib Bahini]] during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] in 1971.

	==Career==		==Career==
	In 1996, prior to the controversial [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election\|February elections]], Ahmed was arrested along with [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] leader [[Abdul Quader Mollah]] under the [[Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act\|Special Powers Act]].<ref>{{cite journal\|date=1 June 1996\|title=Bangladesh Political Violence on All Sides\|url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/1996/BANGLA.htm\|journal=Human Rights Watch\|volume=8\|issue=6\|access-date=20 October ~~2016~~}}</ref> He served as the Minister of Commerce in the Awami League government from July 1996 to January 2001.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&dq=Tofael+Ahmed&pg=PA336\|title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh\|last=Rahman\|first=Syedur\|date=27 April 2010\|publisher=Scarecrow Press\|isbn=9780810874534\|pages=335\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6BNuAAAAMAAJ&q=Tofael+Ahmed\|title=India-Bangladesh Relations, Documents, 1971–2002: Commerce, economic, and transport\|date=1 January 2003\|publisher=Geetika Publishers\|isbn=9788190162937\|pages=1725–1775\|language=en}}</ref>		In 1996, prior to the controversial [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election\|February elections]], Ahmed was arrested along with [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] leader [[Abdul Quader Mollah]] under the [[Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act\|Special Powers Act]].<ref>{{cite journal\|date=1 June 1996\|title=Bangladesh Political Violence on All Sides\|url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/1996/BANGLA.htm\|journal=Human Rights Watch\|volume=8\|issue=6\|access-date=20 October 2022}}</ref> He served as the Minister of Commerce in the Awami League government from July 1996 to January 2001.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&dq=Tofael+Ahmed&pg=PA336\|title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh\|last=Rahman\|first=Syedur\|date=27 April 2010\|publisher=Scarecrow Press\|isbn=9780810874534\|pages=335\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6BNuAAAAMAAJ&q=Tofael+Ahmed\|title=India-Bangladesh Relations, Documents, 1971–2002: Commerce, economic, and transport\|date=1 January 2003\|publisher=Geetika Publishers\|isbn=9788190162937\|pages=1725–1775\|language=en}}</ref>

	In 2007, while the country went under emergency rule Ahmed was one of the leaders who proposed a reform proposal of [[Bangladesh Awami League]] which proposed by the military backed caretaker government and the removal of party chief [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.weeklyblitz.net/2016/09/new-committee-bangladesh-awami-league/\|title=New committee of Bangladesh Awami League – Weekly BLiTZ\|date=22 September 2016\|newspaper=Weekly BLiTZ\|access-date=5 February 2017\|language=en-US}}</ref> After the 2008 general election Awami League formed the government, but Ahmed was dropped from the cabinet despite being the one of the influential member of Presidium.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2017/01/31/mukul-bose-back-in-awami-league-leadership\|title=Mukul Bose back in Awami League leadership\|newspaper=bdnews24.com\|access-date=5 February ~~2017~~}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304887104579302393775941028\|title=Contested Bangladesh Vote Fuels Violence\|last=Al-Mahmood\|first=Syed Zain\|date=5 January 2014\|newspaper=Wall Street Journal\|access-date=5 February 2017\|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>		In 2007, while the country went under emergency rule Ahmed was one of the leaders who proposed a reform proposal of [[Bangladesh Awami League]] which proposed by the military backed caretaker government and the removal of party chief [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.weeklyblitz.net/2016/09/new-committee-bangladesh-awami-league/\|title=New committee of Bangladesh Awami League – Weekly BLiTZ\|date=22 September 2016\|newspaper=Weekly BLiTZ\|access-date=5 February 2017\|language=en-US}}</ref> After the 2008 general election Awami League formed the government, but Ahmed was dropped from the cabinet despite being the one of the influential member of Presidium.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2017/01/31/mukul-bose-back-in-awami-league-leadership\|title=Mukul Bose back in Awami League leadership\|newspaper=bdnews24.com\|access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304887104579302393775941028\|title=Contested Bangladesh Vote Fuels Violence\|last=Al-Mahmood\|first=Syed Zain\|date=5 January 2014\|newspaper=Wall Street Journal\|access-date=5 February 2017\|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

	Ahmed was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industries Ministry.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Industries Minister for single digit bank interest to spur industrialisation\|url=http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/04/26/all0605.htm \|newspaper=The New Nation \|access-date=19 March 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430130234/http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/04/26/all0605.htm \|archive-date=30 April ~~2009~~}}</ref> He is also the member of the advisory committee of the Awami League. Earlier he was one of the influential members of the Awami League presidium. He was elected several times as a member of Jatiya Sangsad from Bhola constituency.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/bhola-townspeople-get-gas\|title=Bhola townspeople get gas\|date=29 August 2013\|newspaper=The Daily Star\|access-date=5 February 2017\|language=en}}</ref> He was the [[Ministry of Commerce (Bangladesh)\|Minister of Commerce]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/2016/08/30/canadian-university-bangladesh-holds-education-fair/\|title=Canadian University of Bangladesh holds education fair \|date=30 August 2016\|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune\|access-date=5 February 2017\|language=en-US}}</ref>		Ahmed was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industries Ministry.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=Industries Minister for single digit bank interest to spur industrialisation\|url=http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/04/26/all0605.htm \|newspaper=The New Nation \|access-date=19 March 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430130234/http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/04/26/all0605.htm \|archive-date=30 April 2022}}</ref> He is also the member of the advisory committee of the Awami League. Earlier he was one of the influential members of the Awami League presidium. He was elected several times as a member of Jatiya Sangsad from Bhola constituency.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/bhola-townspeople-get-gas\|title=Bhola townspeople get gas\|date=29 August 2013\|newspaper=The Daily Star\|access-date=5 February 2017\|language=en}}</ref> He was the [[Ministry of Commerce (Bangladesh)\|Minister of Commerce]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/2016/08/30/canadian-university-bangladesh-holds-education-fair/\|title=Canadian University of Bangladesh holds education fair \|date=30 August 2016\|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune\|access-date=5 February 2017\|language=en-US}}</ref>
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{{short description|Bangladeshi Politician, Minister of Commerce, Government of the Republic of Bangladesh}}
{{EngvarB|date=March 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Tofail Ahmed
|native_name=তোফায়েল আহমেদ
|native_name_lang=bn
|image=Tofail Ahmed.jpg
|caption=Ahmed at the US Embassy, Dhaka in July 2018
|office = [[Ministry of Commerce (Bangladesh)|Minister of Commerce]]
|term_start = 12 January 2014
|term_end = 6 January 2019
|successor = [[Tipu Munshi]]
|predecessor = [[GM Quader]]
|office1=[[Ministry of Industries (Bangladesh)|Minister of Industries]]
|term_start1=14 July 1996
|term_end1=13 July 2001
|predecessor1=[[Shamsul Islam Khan]]
|successor1=[[M. K. Anwar]]
| office2 = Member of parliament
| term_start2 = 12 January 2014
| predecessor2 = [[Andaleeve Rahman]]
| term_start3 = 5 March 1991
| term_end3 = February 1996
| predecessor3 = [[Naziur Rahman Manzur]]
| successor3 = [[Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan]]
| constituency3 = [[Bhola-1]]
| term_start4 = 25 January 2009
| term_end4 = 20 November 2013
| successor4 = [[Ali Azam]]
| term_start5 = 14 July 1996
| term_end5 = 13 July 2001
| predecessor5 = [[Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan]]
| successor5 = [[Hafiz Ibrahim (politician)|Hafiz Ibrahim]]
| term_start6 = 10 July 1986
| term_end6 = 6 December 1987
| successor6 = [[Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman]]
| constituency6 = [[Bhola-2]]
| term_start7 = 7 April 1973
| term_end7 = 6 Nov 1975
| successor7 = [[AKM Akhtaruzzaman Alamgir]]
| predecessor7 = ''Position created''
| constituency7 = Bakerganj-1<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf|title=1st Jatiya Sangsad members|publisher=parliament.gov.bd}}</ref>
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|10|22|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Bhola]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
|nationality = Bangladeshi
|party=[[Bangladesh Awami League]]
}}

'''Tofail Ahmed''' (born 22 October 1943)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Constituency 115_11th_En|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3675|access-date=2021-03-14|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a 7-term [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Bhola-1]], [[Bhola-2]] and Bakerganj-1 constituencies since 1973. Previously he served as the Minister of Commerce and Minister of Industries of the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/site/page/c3a1d735-abd6-4655-89ff-9e506d7537d7/মাননীয়-মন্ত্রিগণ|script-title=bn:মাননীয় মন্ত্রিগণ|access-date=2019-01-08|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425130942/http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/site/page/c3a1d735-abd6-4655-89ff-9e506d7537d7/মাননীয়-মন্ত্রিগণ|archive-date=2018-04-25}}</ref>

==Background==
[[File:Tofail Ahmed 1969.jpg|thumb|left|Ahmed making a speech in the 1969 Mass Uprising in [[Dhaka]]]]
Ahmed was born on 22 October 1943 in [[Bhola]] in the then [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/no-council-years-al-top-brass-districts-142168|title=No council for years in AL top brass' districts|date=13 September 2015|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=5 February 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Ahmed joined the [[Awami League]] and in support of the 1966 [[Six point movement]] of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_x8ZSDg-9wIC&dq=Tofael+Ahmed&pg=PA101|title=Bullets of '71: A Freedom Fighter's Story|last=Nabī|first=Nūruna|date=1 January 2010|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=9781452043777|pages=101|language=en}}</ref> was involved in the 1969 [[Mass Uprising Day|mass uprising in East Pakistan]] as a student leader.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/youth/news/137047/Hasina-asks-BCL-men-to-give-priority-to-learning|title=Hasina asks BCL men to give priority to learning|newspaper=Prothom Alo|access-date=5 February 2017}}</ref> He was the vice-president of [[Dhaka University Central Students' Union]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F9XrAAAAMAAJ&q=Tofael+Ahmed|title=My Story of 1971: Through the Holocaust that Created Bangladesh|last=Rahman|first=Muhammad Anisur|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Liberation War Museum|pages=20|language=en}}</ref> In 1970, Ahmed was a political secretary of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]. He was a Bangladesh independence activist one of the organizers of [[Mujib Bahini]] during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] in 1971.

==Career==
In 1996, prior to the controversial [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|February elections]], Ahmed was arrested along with [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] leader [[Abdul Quader Mollah]] under the [[Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act|Special Powers Act]].<ref>{{cite journal|date=1 June 1996|title=Bangladesh Political Violence on All Sides|url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/1996/BANGLA.htm|journal=Human Rights Watch|volume=8|issue=6|access-date=20 October 2016}}</ref> He served as the Minister of Commerce in the Awami League government from July 1996 to January 2001.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&dq=Tofael+Ahmed&pg=PA336|title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh|last=Rahman|first=Syedur|date=27 April 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810874534|pages=335|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6BNuAAAAMAAJ&q=Tofael+Ahmed|title=India-Bangladesh Relations, Documents, 1971–2002: Commerce, economic, and transport|date=1 January 2003|publisher=Geetika Publishers|isbn=9788190162937|pages=1725–1775|language=en}}</ref>

In 2007, while the country went under emergency rule Ahmed was one of the leaders who proposed a reform proposal of [[Bangladesh Awami League]] which proposed by the military backed caretaker government and the removal of party chief [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.weeklyblitz.net/2016/09/new-committee-bangladesh-awami-league/|title=New committee of Bangladesh Awami League – Weekly BLiTZ|date=22 September 2016|newspaper=Weekly BLiTZ|access-date=5 February 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> After the 2008 general election Awami League formed the government, but Ahmed was dropped from the cabinet despite being the one of the influential member of Presidium.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2017/01/31/mukul-bose-back-in-awami-league-leadership|title=Mukul Bose back in Awami League leadership|newspaper=bdnews24.com|access-date=5 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304887104579302393775941028|title=Contested Bangladesh Vote Fuels Violence|last=Al-Mahmood|first=Syed Zain|date=5 January 2014|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|access-date=5 February 2017|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

Ahmed was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industries Ministry.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Industries Minister for single digit bank interest to spur industrialisation|url=http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/04/26/all0605.htm |newspaper=The New Nation |access-date=19 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430130234/http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/04/26/all0605.htm |archive-date=30 April 2009}}</ref> He is also the member of the advisory committee of the Awami League. Earlier he was one of the influential members of the Awami League presidium. He was elected several times as a member of Jatiya Sangsad from Bhola constituency.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/bhola-townspeople-get-gas|title=Bhola townspeople get gas|date=29 August 2013|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=5 February 2017|language=en}}</ref> He was the [[Ministry of Commerce (Bangladesh)|Minister of Commerce]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/2016/08/30/canadian-university-bangladesh-holds-education-fair/|title=Canadian University of Bangladesh holds education fair |date=30 August 2016|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=5 February 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>
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