Muhammad Afsarul Ameen | |
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মুহাম্মদ আফছারুল আমিন | |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 29 January 2014 – 2 June 2023 | |
Preceded by | M. Abdul Latif |
Succeeded by | Md. Mohiuddin Bachchu |
Constituency | Chittagong-10 |
In office 20 December 2008 – 4 January 2014 | |
Preceded by | Abdullah Al Noman |
Succeeded by | Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu |
Constituency | Chittagong-9 |
Minister of Primary and Mass Education | |
In office 6 January 2009 – 24 January 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Rasheda K Chowdhury |
Succeeded by | Mostafizur Rahman |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan (now Bangladesh) | 1 January 1952
Died | 2 June 2023 Dhaka, Bangladesh | (aged 71)
Cause of death | Cancer |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Alma mater | Chittagong Medical College |
Profession | Doctor, 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,[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, Abdullah Al Noman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 41,390 votes.[8] He served as the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education.[9]
Ameen was the vice president of the Chittagong City unit of the Awami League.[9]
Ameen died of lung cancer at Square Hospital in Dhaka on 2 June 2023. He was 71.[10]