Muslehuddin Ahmad
{{Short description|Bangladeshi diplomat and academic}}
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|death_date={{Death date and given age|2012|9|10|80}}
|death_place=Dhaka, Bangladesh
|nationality=Bangladeshi
|occupation=diplomat, university administrator
|spouse=Shaista Ahmad
|children=Junaid Ahmad, Javed Muneer Ahmad and Seema Ahmad
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Muslehuddin Ahmad (died on 10 September 2012) was a Bangladeshi diplomat and university administrator.{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-249318 | title=Muslehuddin passes away | work=The Daily Star | date=11 September 2012 | accessdate=21 September 2016}} He was the founder of North South University, the first private university in Bangladesh and served as its first vice-chancellor. He was the ambassador of Bangladesh to France and Romania.{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/five-moments-five-lessons-remembrance-1283293 | title=Five moments, five lessons: A remembrance | publisher=The Daily Star | date=10 September 2016 | accessdate=21 September 2016 | author=Ahmad, Seema Ahmad, Javed Muneer Ahmad, Junaid|author-link=Junaid Ahmad}}
Career
Ahmad joined the government service in 1956 through Central Superior Services.
During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, he defected from the then Pakistan embassy in France. He later returned to Dhaka and took over Bangladesh Biman to lead the airline as its first and only chairman. During 1985–86, he served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Romania. He founded North South University in 1992 and served as the first vice-chancellor of the university. Later in 2004, he served as the vice-chancellor of Presidency University, Bangladesh.
He authored a book, "Promised Land", on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Personal life
Ahmad was married to Shaista Ahmad who was a professor of zoology at Dhaka College and Titumir College and a founder general member at North South University. Together they had three children, Junaid Ahmad (the country director of World Bank for India, as of September 2016{{cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/business/2016/09/20/bangladesh-s-junaid-ahmad-takes-over-as-world-bank-s-india-director | title=Bangladesh's Junaid Ahmad takes over as World Bank's India director | work=bdnews24.com | date=20 September 2016 | accessdate=21 September 2016}}) Javed Muneer Ahmad who is the CEO of Aprosoft, Inc., and Seema Ahmad who is the founder President of EZTextocalls, LLC. and PARIS (Political Activism, Relief and Institutional Startups) at www.parisforjustice.org and also works as a political organizer at Community Change Action.
Ahmad suffered a stroke and had been in a coma since 1 July 2012. He died on September 10 at the Square Hospital in Dhaka.
Works
;Books
- The Tale of the first private university of Bangladesh North South University (2004){{cite news | url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/05/03/d40503100886.htm | title=Book on private university launched | work=The Daily Star | date=3 May 2004 | accessdate=21 September 2016}}
- Promised Land (2010)
;Newspaper articles
- {{cite web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-138328 | title=Member of Parliament Order? | publisher=The Daily Star | date=14 May 2010 | author=Ahmad, Muslehuddin}}
- {{cite web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-71151 | title=True change | publisher=The Daily Star | date=14 January 2009 | author=Ahmad, Muslehuddin}}
- {{cite web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-44488| title=New Bangladesh needs new leadership | publisher=The Daily Star | date=7 July 2008 | author=Ahmad, Muslehuddin}}
- {{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-37850|title=Country and democracy more important than individuals | publisher=The Daily Star|author=Ahmad, Muslehuddin|date=24 May 2008}}
- {{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/2006/11/27/d61127020536.htm|title=The West's problem with the veil|date=27 November 2006|publisher=The Daily Star|author=Ahmad Muslehuddin}}
- {{cite web| url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/03/05/d40305150192.htm|title=Move to ban gay marriages deserves appreciation|date=5 March 2004|publisher=The Daily Star|author=Ahmad, Muslehuddin}}
- {{cite web | url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/10/16/d310161501100.htm| title=Only possession of nuclear weapon can stop unilateral attacks! | publisher=The Daily Star | date=16 October 2003 | author=Ahmad, Muslehuddin}}
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Category:Ambassadors of Bangladesh to France
Category:Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Romania
Category:Vice-chancellors of North South University