AKM Gouach Uddin | |
Birth Place: | village of Chandrapur, Budh Bibazar Union, Golapganj Upazila, Sylhet district, Bangladesh |
Death Date: | 11 May 2019 |
Death Place: | India |
Office: | Sylhet-6 Jatiya Sangsad |
Termstart2: | 1988 |
Termend2: | 1991 |
Term: | 1st |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Party: | Jatiya Party |
Predecessor1: | Syed Makbul Hossain |
Successor1: | Sharaf Uddin Khashru |
Native Name: | এ.কে.এম গৌছ উদ্দিন |
Native Name Lang: | en |
AKM Gouach Uddin was a politician in Sylhet District of Bangladesh. As a Jatiya Party candidate he was elected member of parliament for constituency Sylhet-6 in the 1988 Bangladeshi general election.[1] [2] [3]
AKM Gausch Uddin was born in Chandarpur village of Budhbari bazar union in what is now Golapganj Upazila of Sylhet District.
AKM Gouach Uddin was a former MP and an influential leader of the Jatiya Party. He was elected a member of the Jatiya Party from the Sylhet-6 (Golapganj-Beanibazar) seat in the fourth Jatiya Sangsad elections held on 7 March 1988.
The court sentenced him to death for killing businessman Afroz Box while he was a member of parliament. The former MP went into hiding soon after the assassination. Until his death, he had run away for 29 years.
His father, Tahir Ali, was a social worker. His daughter is the organizing secretary of Golapganj Upazila Social Trust and Jennifer Sarowar Laksmi, UK Women's Affairs Editor. The son-in-law, Abdul Rahim Shamim, is secretary of Relief and Rehabilitation, London Awami League.
AKM Gouach Uddin died on 11 May 2019 while undergoing treatment at a hospital in India. At the time of his death, he was 69 years old. He left behind his wife, one son, and three daughters.