Alauddin Ahammad

Alauddin Ahammad was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Kishoreganj-1 constituency. He was a vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University.

Career

Ahammad was a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation War.
In 1998, Ahammad resigned after a rape on campus led to mass protests by the students and teachers.
Ahammad was elected to the parliament from Kishoreganj-1 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in a 1999 by-election and again in 2001.
Ahammad served as the education and political affairs advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2013.