Mokhtar Ahmad

Mokhtar Ahmad
মুখতার আহমদ
Member of Parliament from Chittagong-12
In office
1988–1990
Preceded byAkhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu
Succeeded byAkhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu
Personal details
Born(1943-08-31)31 August 1943
Died21 October 2006(2006-10-21) (aged 63)
PartyJatiya Samajtantrik Dal
Other political
affiliations
Bangladesh Awami League

Mokhtar Ahmad (31 August 1943 – 21 October 2006) was a politician from the Chittagong District of Bangladesh and an elected a member of parliament for Chittagong-12.[1] He was an organizer of the Liberation War of Bangladesh.[2]

Early life

Mokhtar Ahmad was born on 31 August 1943 in the village of Ratakhord Mozaffarabad in the Sadhanpur union of Banshkhali in Chittagong district.[2]

Career

Mokhtar joined politics in 1962. He was a freedom fighter. In Sector 1, he was the regional captain of Banshkhali, Anwara and Kutubdia.[2]

He was defeated as the candidate of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal from Chittagong-15 constituency in the first parliamentary elections of 1973.[2] He was elected to parliament from Chittagong-12 as a Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal candidate in 1988.[1]

In 1992 he rejoined the Bangladesh Awami League and served as a member of the Chittagong South District.[2]

Death

Mokhtar Ahmad died on 21 October 2006.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f মোঃ খোরশেদ আলম (21 October 2019). মোখতার আহমদ স্মরণে, মুক্তিযোদ্ধা রাজনীতিবিদ. The Azadi (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.