Muhammad Afsarul Ameen

Muhammad Afsarul Ameen
মুহাম্মদ আফছারুল আমিন
Member of Parliament
In office
20 December 2008 – 2 June 2023
Preceded byMorshed Khan
Succeeded byMd Mohiuddin Bacchu
ConstituencyChittagong-10
Minister of Primary and Mass Education
In office
6 January 2009 – 24 January 2014
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byRasheda K Chowdhury
Succeeded byMostafizur Rahman
Personal details
Born(1952-01-01)1 January 1952
Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan
Died2 June 2023(2023-06-02) (aged 71)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cause of deathCancer
PartyBangladesh Awami League
EducationChittagong Medical College
ProfessionDoctor, businessman, and politician

Muhammad Afsarul Ameen (1 January 1952 – 2 June 2023) was a Bangladeshi Awami League politician. He became the member of parliament for Chittagong-9 in 2008, was re-elected to the constituency (renumbered Chittagong-10) in 2014 and 2018, and was the Minister of Primary and Mass Education until 2014.

Early life

Ameen was born on 1 January 1952. He graduated with MBBS degree from Chittagong Medical College.

Career

Ameen was elected to parliament from Chittagong-9 in 2008 as a candidate of Awami League. He received 137,106 votes while his nearest rival, Abdullah Al Noman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 127,815 votes.

Ameen was elected unopposed from Chittagong-10 as a candidate of Awami League in 2014. The election was boycotted by all major political parties and Awami League got majority of the seats without elections.

Ameen was re-elected to parliament from Chittagong-10 as a candidate for Awami League in 2018. He received 287,047 votes while his nearest rival, again Abdullah Al Noman, received 41,390 votes. Ameen served as the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education.

He was the vice president of the Chittagong City chapter of the Awami League.

Death

Ameen died of lung cancer at Square Hospital in Dhaka on 2 June 2023. He was 71.

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Md. Afsarul Amin - ডঃ মোঃ আফছারুল আমীন". 10 April 2017.
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  7. 1 2 "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Chattogram-10 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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