Mahbubey Alam
{{Short description|Bangladeshi lawyer (1949–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mahbubey Alam
| native_name = {{nobold|মাহবুবে আলম}}
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Mahbube alam 2017.jpg
| caption = Alam in 2017
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| office = 15th Attorney General for Bangladesh
| president ={{ubl| Iajuddin Ahmed|Zillur Rahman|Mohammad Abdul Hamid}}
| primeminister = {{ubl|Sheikh Hasina|Fakhruddin Ahmed|{{small|(acting)}}}}
| term_start = 13 January 2009
| term_end = 27 September 2020
| predecessor = Salahuddin Ahmad
| successor = AM Amin Uddin
| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|2|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Munshiganj, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
| alma_mater = University of Dhaka
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|9|27|1949|2|17|df=yes}}
| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| death_cause = COVID-19
}}
Mahbubey Alam (17 February 1949 – 27 September 2020){{Cite news |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/117436|title=Attorney general Mahbubey Alam dies of COVID-19|work=New Age}} was a Bangladeshi politician, designated senior counsel, and Attorney General of Bangladesh. He was appointed attorney general on 13 January 2009.{{cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2009/01/13/mahbubey-alam-appointed-attorney-general|title=Mahbubey Alam appointed attorney general|work=bdnews24.com|accessdate=7 October 2016}} He was a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He had served earlier as additional attorney general from 15 November 1998 to 4 October 2001.
Biography
Alam was born in Mouchhamandra village in Louhajang in Munshiganj(Bikrampur) on 17 February 1949.{{Cite news |date=27 September 2020|title=Attorney General Mahbubey Alam passes away after contracting Covid-19|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/top-news/news/attorney-general-mahbubey-alam-passes-away-covid-19-1968449|access-date=27 September 2020|work=The Daily Star|language=en}} He studied at University of Dhaka, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (1968), Master of Arts in Public Administration (1969), and LL.B degree (1972). He also attained diplomas in constitutional law and parliamentary institutions and procedures in 1979 from the Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies (ICPS) in New Delhi.{{cite web|url=http://www.jscbd.org.bd/jscbd/m_profile.php|title=Profile of Hon'ble Members|accessdate=27 September 2020|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015042904/http://www.jscbd.org.bd/jscbd/m_profile.php|archivedate=15 October 2016}}
He began his law career at the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in January 1975 and became a lawyer of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, Appellate Division in 1980. He was the Chairman of the Bangladesh Bar Council from 13 January 2009 to 30 June 2018. He was Additional Attorney General for Bangladesh from 15 November 1998 to 4 October 2001. He was Attorney General of Bangladesh from 13 January 2009 until his death in 2020.{{cite news |title=Attorney General Mahbubey Alam laid to rest |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2020/09/28/attorney-general-mahbubey-alam-s-janaza-held-at-sc |work=Dhaka Tribune|date=28 September 2020 }}{{cite web |title=Former Chairmen |url=https://www.barcouncil.gov.bd/about-us/who-we-are/former-chairmen/ |website=Bangladesh Bar Council}}
Death
Mahbubey Alam was admitted to Combined Military Hospital on 4 September 2020 after being diagnosed with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh and died on 27 September.{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-71245|title=Mahbubey Alam new attorney gen|date=14 January 2009|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=7 October 2016}}{{cite news |title=Supreme Court pauses sessions in tribute to Mahbubey Alam |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2020/09/28/attorney-general-mahbubey-alam-to-be-laid-to-rest-in-mirpur |accessdate=4 October 2020 |publisher=bdnews24.com |date=28 September 2020}} A Namaz-e-Janaza was held at the Supreme Court on 28 September 2020, and Alam was buried at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard.
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Category:People from Munshiganj District
Category:University of Dhaka alumni
Category:20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers
Category:Attorneys general of Bangladesh
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh