Mokhtar Ahmad

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

Mokhtar Ahmad
মুখতার আহমদ
Member of Parliament from Chittagong-12
In office
1988–1990
Preceded byAkhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu
Succeeded byAkhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu
Personal details
Born31 August 1943
Chittagong District
Died21 October 2006
Chittagong District
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal

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

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