Alauddin Ahammad

Alauddin Ahammad (1947/1948 – 13 December 2022)^[1] was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Kishoreganj-1 constituency.^[2] He was a vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University.^[3][4]

Alauddin Ahammad
আলাউদ্দিন আহম্মদ
5th Vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University
In office 18 July 1998 – 1999
Preceded by	Amirul Islam Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Abdul Bayes
Member of Parliament for Kishoreganj-1
In office 1999 – October 2006
Preceded by	A. K. M. Shamsul Haque
Succeeded by	M. A. Mannan (neurologist) (boundary Change)
Personal details
Born	1947/1948
Died	13 December 2022 (aged 74)
Political party	Bangladesh Awami League

Career

Ahammad was a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation War.

In 1998, Ahammad resigned after a rape on campus led to mass protests by the students and teachers.^[5][6]

Ahammad was elected to the parliament from Kishoreganj-1 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in a 1999 by-election and again in 2001.^[7]

Ahammad served as the education and political affairs advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2013.^[8]