Muhammad Afsarul Ameen
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1952–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Muhammad Afsarul Ameen
| native_name = মুহাম্মদ আফছারুল আমিন
| native_name_lang = bn
| alma_mater = Chittagong Medical College
| office = Member of Parliament
| term_start = 29 January 2014
| term_end = 2 June 2023
| constituency = Chittagong-10
| predecessor = M. Abdul Latif
| successor = Md Mohiuddin Bacchu
| term_start2 = 20 December 2008
| term_end2 = 4 January 2014
| predecessor2 = Abdullah Al Noman
| successor2 = Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu
| constituency2 = Chittagong-9
| office3 = Minister of Primary and Mass Education
| primeminister3 = Sheikh Hasina
| term_start3 = 6 January 2009
| term_end3 = 24 January 2014
| predecessor3 = Rasheda K Chowdhury
| successor3 = Mostafizur Rahman
| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|01|01|df=y}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.amarmp.com/mp/746 |title=Dr. Md. Afsarul Amin - ডঃ মোঃ আফছারুল আমীন |date=10 April 2017}}
| birth_place = Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|06|02|1952|01|01|df=y}}
| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| death_cause = Cancer
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| profession = Doctor, businessman, and politician
}}
Muhammad Afsarul Ameen (1 January 1952 – 2 June 2023) was a Bangladeshi Awami League politician. He became the member of parliament for Chittagong-9 in 2008, was re-elected to the constituency (renumbered Chittagong-10) in 2014 and 2018,{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english |title=List of 11th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=10 January 2019}} and was the Minister of Primary and Mass Education until 2014.{{cite news |title=Take a car, turn a blind eye |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/take-a-car-turn-a-blind-eye-33700 |work=The Daily Star |date=16 July 2014 |access-date=25 September 2016}}{{cite news |title=Many go, a few stay |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/many-go-a-few-stay-6674 |work=The Daily Star |date=12 January 2014 |access-date=25 September 2016}}
Early life
Ameen was born on 1 January 1952.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Md. Afsarul Amin - ডঃ মোঃ আফছারুল আমীন Biography |url=https://www.amarmp.com/mp/746/biography |access-date=28 May 2021 |website=Amarmp |language=en}} He graduated with MBBS degree from Chittagong Medical College.
Career
Ameen was elected to parliament from Chittagong-9 in 2008 as a candidate of Awami League.{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results - Amar Desh Online |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=281&Year=2008 |access-date=28 May 2021 |website=amardesh.com |archive-date=9 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509063641/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=281&Year=2008 |url-status=dead}} He received 137,106 votes while his nearest rival, Abdullah Al Noman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 127,815 votes.
Ameen was elected unopposed from Chittagong-10 as a candidate of Awami League in 2014.{{Cite news |date=14 December 2013 |title=The number now goes up to 151 |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2013/12/14/the-number-now-goes-up-to-151 |access-date=28 May 2021 |work=Dhaka Tribune}} The election was boycotted by all major political parties and Awami League got majority of the seats without elections.
Ameen was re-elected to parliament from Chittagong-10 as a candidate for Awami League in 2018.{{Cite web |date=25 November 2018 |title=Chattogram-10 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Chattogram-10&d=chattogram |access-date=28 May 2021 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} He received 287,047 votes while his nearest rival, again Abdullah Al Noman, received 41,390 votes. Ameen served as the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education.{{Cite news |date=2 June 2023 |title=Chittagong-10 MP Afsarul Amin passes away |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/nation/2023/06/02/chittagong-10-mp-afsarul-amin-passes-away |access-date=2 June 2023 |work=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}}
He was the vice president of the Chittagong City chapter of the Awami League.
Death
Ameen died of lung cancer at Square Hospital in Dhaka on 2 June 2023. He was 71.{{cite news |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/chattogram-10-mp-afsarul-ameen-dies-642778 |title=Chattogram-10 MP Afsarul Ameen dies |work=The Business Standard |access-date=2 June 2023}}
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Category:Politicians from Chittagong
Category:Awami League politicians
Category:Ministers of primary and mass education of Bangladesh
Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Bangladesh
Category:Chittagong Medical College alumni
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