Faqueer Shahabuddin Ahmad
Faqueer Shahabuddin Ahmad | |
|---|---|
ফকির সাহাবউদ্দীন আহমদ | |
| Attorney General of Bangladesh | |
| In office 18 December 1972–21 March 1976 | |
| President | Abu Sayeed Chowdhury Mohammad Mohammadullah Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem |
| Preceded by | M. H. Khandaker |
| Succeeded by | Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aral village, Kapasia thana, Dacca district, British India |
| Spouse | Ayesha Akhtar |
| Children | 7 |
| Alma mater | Dacca University |
Faqueer Shahabuddin Ahmad was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. He was a drafter of the Constitution of Bangladesh and was the Attorney General of Bangladesh from 1972 to 1976.
Biography
[edit ]Ahmad was born in 1927 in Aral village of Kapasia thana, Dacca district, British India (now Kapasia Upazila, Gazipur District, Bangladesh). His father, Faqueer Gyasuddin, was a politician and social worker. Ahmad was educated in Dacca. He matriculated from St. Gregory's High School in 1943, and completed his intermediate at Jagannath College. He earned a bachelor's degree, master's degree, and Bachelor of Laws at Dacca University in 1950, 1951, and 1955, respectively.[1]
Ahmad was enrolled as an advocate of the Dacca High Court in 1955 and of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1965.[1] In September 1970, the Awami League nominated him for the Dacca-XX seat in the Provincial Assembly of East Pakistan.[2]
During the Bangladesh Liberation War, the government in exile sent him to Sri Lanka as a diplomatic envoy.[3] Bangladesh won its independence from Pakistan in December 1971. In April 1972, the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh formed a 34-member committee to draft a constitution. Ahmad was one of nine lawyers appointed to the committee.[4] In December 1972, he succeeded M. H. Khandaker as Attorney General of Bangladesh. He served in that post until March 1976.[5]
Ahmad was married to Ayesha Akhtar. They had seven children. Their daughter Marina Ahmad teaches music and resides in New York City, Mumbai, and Dhaka.[6]
References
[edit ]- 1 2 "Faqueer Shahabuddin Ahmad". Indian Biographical Archive. De Gruyter Saur. 2006. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ↑ "A.L. nominations for Provincial Assembly". The Pakistan Observer. 25 September 1970.
- ↑ Farid, Cynthia (May 2023). "Negotiating Nationhood: Constitutional Warfare, International Law, and the Birth of Bangladesh". Law and History Review. 41 (2): 317–340. doi:10.1017/S073824802300007X .
- ↑ Hoque, Ridwanul (2021). "The Founding and Making of Bangladesh's Constitution". In Tan, Kevin YL; Hoque, Ridwanul (eds.). Constitutional foundings in South Asia. Oxford: Hart Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-5099-3028-9.
- ↑ বাংলাদেশের অ্যাটর্নি জেনারেলগণের নাম ও কার্যকাল [Names and tenures of Attorney Generals of Bangladesh]. Attorney General of Bangladesh (in Bengali).
- ↑ "Bangladesh @ 50: My Teacher, Marina Ahmad". The Indian Express. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.