Salahuddin Ahmad

Salahuddin Ahmad
সালাউদ্দিন আহমদ
14th Attorney General of Bangladesh
In office
20 July 2008 – 12 January 2009
Appointed byIajuddin Ahmed
PresidentIajuddin Ahmed
Preceded byFida M. Kamal
Succeeded byMahbubey Alam
Personal details
Born1947 or 1948
Died (aged 77)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of London
Columbia Law School
OccupationJurist

Salahuddin Ahmad (1947 or 1948 – 21 September 2025) was a Bangladeshi jurist, the Attorney General of Bangladesh from 13 July 2008 to 12 January 2009,[1][2] and a prominent practicing lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Ahmad was appointed after Fida M. Kamal, the then attorney general, resigned from his office in the wake of a series of disagreements with the government over a number of issues.[3]

Life and career

After the Grand Alliance led by Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina formed a new government on 6 January 2009,[4] Salahuddin Ahmad submitted his "resignation to the law minister in line with the tradition that the attorney general resigns after a new government takes over".[5] Ahmad has been replaced by Mahbub-e Alam.[5]

Ahmad completed his BSc in economics from London School of Economics in 1969; MA from University of London in 1970, and LL.M from Columbia Law School in 1984.[1]

He taught economics at University of Dhaka in the 1970s. He was appointed as an assistant professor at the Department of Economics, University of Dhaka as assistant professor and taught there for a number of years. Later, he also taught at IBA of DU and had worked for UNDP before switching to legal profession. [6] He has been associated with Kamal Hossain & Associates.

Ahmad was appointed the director of the School of Law at the University of Asia Pacific for two years in the year 2018. [7] He taught several modules in both the Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws level.

Ahmad died on 21 September 2025, at the age of 77.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Salahuddin Ahmed appointed new AG". bdnews24.com. 20 July 2008. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Attorney General Mahbubey Alam died of Covid-19". The Financial Express. Dhaka. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Attorney General Fida Kamal quits". Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  4. ^ Faisalsa, Faisal (6 January 2009). "New government of Bangladesh". GroundReport. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.
  5. ^ a b "M Alam to be new AG as Salahuddin resigns". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
  6. ^ "সাবেক অ্যাটর্নি জেনারেল সালাউদ্দিন আহমেদের ইউএপিতে যোগদান". kalerkantha.com. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  7. ^ "UAP appoints new Director of Department of Law & Human Rights". thedailystar.net. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  8. ^ Ex-attorney general Salauddin Ahmed passes away