Tofail Ahmed | |
|---|---|
তোফায়েল আহমেদ | |
 Ahmed at the US Embassy, Dhaka in July 2018 | |
| Minister of Commerce | |
| In office 12 January 2014 – 6 January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | GM Quader |
| Succeeded by | Tipu Munshi |
| Minister of Industries | |
| In office 14 July 1996 – 13 July 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Shamsul Islam Khan |
| Succeeded by | M. K. Anwar |
| Member of parliament | |
| Assumed office 12 January 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Andaleeve Rahman |
| In office 5 March 1991 – February 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Naziur Rahman Manzur |
| Succeeded by | Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan |
| Constituency | Bhola-1 |
| In office 25 January 2009 – 20 November 2013 | |
| Succeeded by | Ali Azam |
| In office 14 July 1996 – 13 July 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan |
| Succeeded by | Hafiz Ibrahim |
| In office 10 July 1986 – 6 December 1987 | |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman |
| Constituency | Bhola-2 |
| In office 7 April 1973 – 6 Nov 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | AKM Akhtaruzzaman Alamgir |
| Constituency | Bakerganj-1[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 October 1943 Bhola, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Tofail Ahmed (born 22 October 1943)[2] 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.[3]
Background[edit | edit source]
Ahmed was born on 22 October 1943 in Bhola in the then Bengal Presidency, British India.[4]
Ahmed joined the Awami League and in support of the 1966 Six point movement of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[5] was involved in the 1969 mass uprising in East Pakistan as a student leader.[6] He was the vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union.[7] 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[edit | edit source]
In 1996, prior to the controversial February elections, Ahmed was arrested along with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah under the Special Powers Act.[8] He served as the Minister of Commerce in the Awami League government from July 1996 to January 2001.[9][10]
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.[11] 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.[12][13]
Ahmed was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industries Ministry.[14] 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.[15] He was the Minister of Commerce.[16]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "1st Jatiya Sangsad members" (PDF). parliament.gov.bd.
- ↑ "Constituency 115_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ↑ মাননীয় মন্ত্রিগণ. Government of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ↑ "No council for years in AL top brass' districts". The Daily Star. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ Nabī, Nūruna (1 January 2010). Bullets of '71: A Freedom Fighter's Story. AuthorHouse. p. 101. ISBN 9781452043777.
- ↑ "Hasina asks BCL men to give priority to learning". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ↑ Rahman, Muhammad Anisur (1 January 2001). My Story of 1971: Through the Holocaust that Created Bangladesh. Liberation War Museum. p. 20.
- ↑ "Bangladesh Political Violence on All Sides". Human Rights Watch. 8 (6). 1 June 1996. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ↑ Rahman, Syedur (27 April 2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 335. ISBN 9780810874534.
- ↑ India-Bangladesh Relations, Documents, 1971–2002: Commerce, economic, and transport. Geetika Publishers. 1 January 2003. pp. 1725–1775. ISBN 9788190162937.
- ↑ "New committee of Bangladesh Awami League – Weekly BLiTZ". Weekly BLiTZ. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ "Mukul Bose back in Awami League leadership". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ↑ Al-Mahmood, Syed Zain (5 January 2014). "Contested Bangladesh Vote Fuels Violence". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ "Industries Minister for single digit bank interest to spur industrialisation". The New Nation. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 30 April 2009 suggested (help) - ↑ "Bhola townspeople get gas". The Daily Star. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ↑ "Canadian University of Bangladesh holds education fair". Dhaka Tribune. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.