Moudud Ahmed

Moudud Ahmed
মওদুদ আহমেদ
Ahmed at U.S. Embassy Dhaka in 2012
Vice President of Bangladesh
In office
12 August 1989 – 6 December 1990
PresidentHussain Muhammad Ershad
Preceded byA. K. M. Nurul Islam
Succeeded byShahabuddin Ahmed
7th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
In office
27 March 1988 – 12 August 1989
PresidentHussain Muhammad Ershad
Preceded byMizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Succeeded byKazi Zafar Ahmed
Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh
In office
9 July 1986 – 27 March 1988
Serving with Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1986-1987), M. A. Matin (1986-1988), Shah Moazzem Hossain (1987-1988)
PresidentHussain Muhammad Ershad
Prime MinisterMizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Preceded byJamal Uddin Ahmad (1982)
Succeeded byKazi Zafar Ahmed
In office
15 April 1979 – 2 January 1980
Serving with A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury (1979-1979), Jamal Uddin Ahmad (1979-1980), S. A. Bari (1979-1980)
PresidentZiaur Rahman
Prime MinisterShah Azizur Rahman
Preceded bypost established
Succeeded byNone
Minister of Law and Justice
In office
10 October 2001 – 28 October 2006
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded byAbdul Matin Khasru
Succeeded byMd. Fazlul Haque
Minister of Industries
In office
9 July 1986 – 4 August 1990
Preceded bySultan Mahmud
Succeeded byM. A. Sattar
Minister of Road Transport and Bridges
In office
25 May 1986 – 9 August 1986
Preceded bySultan Ahmed
Succeeded byMohammed Abdul Matin
In office
5 August 1985 – 24 March 1986
Preceded bySultan Ahmed
Succeeded bySultan Ahmed
Member of Parliament
In office
10 October 2001 – 28 October 2006
Preceded byObaidul Quader
Succeeded byObaidul Quader
ConstituencyNoakhali-5
In office
February 1991 – March 1996
Preceded byHasna Jasimuddin Moudud
Succeeded byObaidul Quader
ConstituencyNoakhali-5
In office
May 1986 – February 1991
Preceded byZafar Imam
Succeeded byZainul Abdin Farroque
ConstituencyNoakhali-1
In office
18 February 1979 – 24 March 1982
Preceded byAbdur Rahman
ConstituencyNoakhali-5
Personal details
Bornমওদুদ আহমেদ
(1940-05-24)24 May 1940
Died16 March 2021(2021-03-16) (aged 80)
PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party (1978–1984), (1996-2021)
Other political
affiliations
Jatiya Party (1984–1996)
SpouseHasna Jasimuddin Moudud
Alma mater
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Moudud Ahmed (Bengali: মওদুদ আহমেদ; 24 May 1940 – 16 March 2021) was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. He was a standing committee member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Ahmed was elected as a Jatiya Sangsad member five times from the Noakhali-1 and Noakhali-5 constituencies.

Ahmed served as the post master general of Bangladesh after independence. Since the 1980s, he held numerous political offices for short stints in the government of Bangladesh, including Deputy Prime Minister (1979–1980 and 1986–1988), Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1988–1989), Vice President of Bangladesh (1989–1990), and Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (2001–2006).