Muhammad Afsarul Ameen

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,^[2] and was the Minister of Primary and Mass Education until 2014.^{[3] [4]}

Ameen was born on 1 January 1952.^[5] He graduated with MBBS degree from Chittagong Medical College.^[5]

Ameen was elected to parliament from Chittagong-9 in 2008 as a candidate of Awami League.^[6] He received 137,106 votes while his nearest rival, Abdullah Al Noman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 127,815 votes.^[6]

Ameen was elected unopposed from Chittagong-10 as a candidate of Awami League in 2014.^[7] The election was boycotted by all major political parties and Awami League got majority of the seats without elections.^[7]

Ameen was re-elected to parliament from Chittagong-10 as a candidate for Awami League in 2018.^[8] He received 287,047 votes while his nearest rival, again Abdullah Al Noman, received 41,390 votes.^[8] Ameen served as the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education.^[9]

He was the vice president of the Chittagong City chapter of the Awami League.^[9]

Ameen died of lung cancer at Square Hospital in Dhaka on 2 June 2023. He was 71.^[10]