Syed Sujauddin Ahmed
Captain Syed Sujauddin Ahmed is a retired Bangladesh Army officer, civil servant, and former secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.{{Cite web |title=FUTURO-III on |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/09/25/d40925040232.htm |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=The Daily Star}}{{Cite web |title=PM distributes Nat'l Sports Awards |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/02/11/d50211040435.htm |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=The Daily Star}} He was the general secretary and later president of Bangladesh Chess Federation.{{Cite web |title=School chess starts today |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/07/20/d50720040335p.htm |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=The Daily Star}}{{Cite web |last=Alam |first=Masud |date=2023-01-22 |title=When will Bangladesh get its next Grand Master in chess? |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/sports/feay1zvvuk |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Prothomalo |language=en}} He was the chairman of the Bangladesh Tariff Commission.{{Cite web |title=Diversified non-RMG goods needed to increase exports |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/10/07/d51007050251.htm |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=The Daily Star}} He was the Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Tawfique |title=New Labour Law By the owner, for the owner... |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/10/11/d610112501128.htm |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=The Daily Star}}
Career
In July 2004, Ahmed was appointed acting secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.{{Cite web |title=Sujauddin acting secy of youth, sports ministry |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/07/02/d40702060575.htm |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=The Daily Star}} He was previously an officer-on-special-duty at the Ministry of Establishment.
Ahmed said he would stand for re-election as general secretary of the Bangladesh Chess Federation in March 2005.{{Cite web |title=BCF Polls |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/03/11/d50311041039.htm |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=The Daily Star}} He had served as the secretary from 1998 to 2005.{{Cite web |title=Sujauddin new BCF president |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/2006/01/17/d60117041341.htm |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=The Daily Star}} In September 2005, he was appointed chairman of the Bangladesh Tariff Commission on a one-year contract after his retirement.{{Cite web |last= |title=Syed Sujauddin Ahmed new Tariff Commission chairman |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/syed-sujauddin-ahmed-new-tariff-commission-chairman |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Bdnews24.com |language=en}}
In 2006, Ahmed was appointed acting Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.{{Cite web |title=17 top posts held by officials on contract |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/06/16/d606160608117.htm |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=The Daily Star}} In January 2006, he was appointed president of the Bangladesh Chess Federation replacing Akhter Hossain Khan, secretary of the Ministry of Planning. In March 2009, he received a special award for his contribution to sports in Bangladesh from the Bangladesh Sports Journalists' Association.{{Cite web |title=BSJA sports awards given away |url=https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/print/bsja-sports-awards-given-away |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd}}
Ahmed was part of a seven-member delegation of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party that met with Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad and demanded the deployment of Bangladesh Army before mayoral elections in Chittagong and Dhaka in 2015.{{Cite web |title=BNP demands army deployment in city elections |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/97897/bnp-demands-army-deployment-in-city-elections |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}}
In November 2023, Ahmed signed a letter along with 140 other retired government officers calling for the cancellation of the 2024 general election and asked the Awami League government to engage in discussion with the opposition parties.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-22 |title=141 retired officials call for polls schedule cancellation |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/elections/news/141-retired-officials-call-polls-schedule-cancellation-3476386 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Rtd. bureaucrats call for dialogue with opposition, cancelling national election schedule |url=https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/print/rtd-bureaucrats-call-for-dialogue-with-opposition-cancelling-national-election-schedule-1700761983 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd}} He is a member of the advisory council of the chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Khaleda Zia.{{Cite web |last=BD |first=BNP |title=Advisory Council of BNP Chairperson |url=https://www.bnpbd.org/pages/advisory-council |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=bnpbd |language=en}}
Ahmed is the president of Bangladesh Chess Federation.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-08 |title=Pakistan HC hosts 2nd Mian Sultan Khan Chess Tournament in Dhaka |url=https://banglanews24.com/english/sports/news/bd/167356.details |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=banglanews24.com |language=bn}} He attended the Mian Sultan Khan Chess Tournament at the Pakistan High Commission along with Mustafa Sarwar Farooqui, Niaz Murshed, and Rani Hamid in February 2025. He met with former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia along with a delegation of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in June 2024.{{Cite web |title=BNP leaders exchange greetings with party chief Khaleda Zia |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/politics/bnp-leaders-exchange-greetings-with-party-chief-khaleda-zia |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=The Financial Express |language=en}}
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