Gias Uddin Ahmed Explained

Gias Uddin Ahmed
Office:Member of Parliament for Mymensingh-10
Term Start:2008
Term End:2014
Predecessor:Altaf Hossain Golandaz
Successor:Fahmi Gulandaz Babel
Birth Date:9 May 1954
Birth Place:Myemsingh, East Bengal, Pakistan (now, Mymensingh, Bangladesh)
Death Place:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Party:Bangladesh Awami League
Serviceyears:1975-1981
Unit:East Bengal Regiment
Battles:Bangladesh Liberation War
Honorific Prefix:Captain (retd.)
Honorific Suffix:Bir Protik
Rank: Captain
Commands:
Awards: Bir Protik

Gias Uddin Ahmed (9 May 1954 – 5 September 2022)[1] was an Awami League politician, officer of the Bangladesh Army and member of parliament for Mymensingh-10.[2]

Career

Ahmed fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War.[3]

Ahmed was arrested in 1981 for being involved in the assassination of Ziaur Rahman, president of Bangladesh.[4]

Ahmed was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Mymensingh-10 as an Awami League candidate.[5] He had received 142,126 votes while his nearest rival from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Fazlur Rahman Sultan, had received 71,511 votes. He served in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs and the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.[6]

On 18 May 2012, Ahmed shot at protestors from his licensed gun in Mymensingh.[7] He remained unpopular with local Awami League activists.[8]

In January 2013, Ahmed had threatened to shoot two officers of the Ministry of Education over delaying photocopying some documents.[9] He reportedly said, "You better know I’m a death row convict in Ziaur Rahman killing case. You must do my task whenever it comes. Even then, the buggers make delay". He had to the secretariat to meet Dr Afsarul Ameen, the Minister for Primary and Mass Education.[10]

Ahmed did not receive the Awami League nomination for Mymensingh-10 for the 2014 general election; the nomination went to Fahmi Gulandaz Babel, son of Altaf Hossain Golandaz.[11] [12] He did not receive the nomination due to various controversies.[13]

Death

Ahmed died on 5 September 2022 at the Asian Institute of Medical Sciences in Faridabad, India.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former MP veteran heroic freedom fighter Capt. Ghiyas Uddin Ahmed passes away . 2022-10-17 . dailycountrytodaybd.com . en.
  2. News: https://www.bd-pratidin.com/country-village/2013/11/29/29303. bn:মনোনয়ন বঞ্চিত পিস্তল গিয়াস! . Bangladesh Pratidin. bn. 15 April 2020.
  3. News: 2022-09-05 . bn:গফরগাঁওয়ের সাবেক এমপি গিয়াস উদ্দিন মারা গেছেন . https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/country-news/2022/09/05/1180449 . 2022-10-17 . Kaler Kantho . bn.
  4. News: bn:সাবেক এমপি ক্যাপ্টেন গিয়াস উদ্দিন আহমেদ আর নেই . https://mzamin.com/news.php?news=19515 . 2022-10-17 . Manab Zamin . bn.
  5. Web site: Electoral Area Result Statistics . 2022-10-17 . Amarmp . en.
  6. News: bn:সাবেক এমপি গিয়াস উদ্দিন আহমেদ মারা গেছেন . https://www.amadershomoy.com/national/article/21261/%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%ac%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%95-%e0%a6%8f%e0%a6%ae%e0%a6%aa%e0%a6%bf-%e0%a6%97%e0%a6%bf%e0%a7%9f%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%b8-%e0%a6%89%e0%a6%a6%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%a6%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%a8-%e0%a6%86 . 2022-10-17 . Amader Shomoy . bn.
  7. News: 2013-01-17 . bn:তিনি শুধুই গুলি করার হুমকি দেন! . https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/166724.details . 2022-10-17 . banglanews24.com . bn.
  8. News: 2012-10-11 . bn:দলের ভেতর কোণঠাসা হয়ে পড়ছেন গফরগাঁওয়ের সেই সাংসদ গিয়াস! . https://www.banglanews24.com/cat/news/bd/144547.details . 2022-10-17 . banglanews24.com . bn.
  9. News: MP Gias threatens with 'shooting'! . 9 January 2019 . bdnews24.com . en.
  10. News: 2013-01-20 . bn:এবার মন্ত্রীর দপ্তরে স্বরূপে সাংসদ গিয়াস - প্রথম আলো . http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-01-18/news/322284 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130120224932/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-01-18/news/322284 . 2013-01-20 . 2022-10-17 . Prothom Alo . bn.
  11. Web site: 2018-04-28 . Search result for Candidates in Constituency Mymensingh-10 Bangladesh Election Result 2014 by Dhaka Tribune . 2022-10-17 . Dhaka Tribune . 28 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180428180717/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=155 . dead .
  12. News: 29 November 2013 . bn:মনোনয়ন বঞ্চিত পিস্তল গিয়াস! . https://www.bd-pratidin.com/country-village/2013/11/29/29303 . 17 October 2022 . Bangladesh Pratidin . bn.
  13. News: আতিকুল্লাহ. মুহাম্মদ . bn:ময়মনসিংহ-১০ : গফরগাঁওয়ে বইছে নির্বাচনী হাওয়া . https://www.dailyinqilab.com/article/102035/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B9-%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%A6-%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%93%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE . 2022-10-17 . The Daily Inqilab . bn.

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