Tajuddin Ahmed
| Tajuddin Ahmad | |
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| তাজউদ্দীন আহমদ | |
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| 1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh | |
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In office 11 April 1971 – 12 January 1972 |
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| President |
Mujibur Rahman Nazrul Islam (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Mujibur Rahman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 July 1925 Dardaria, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kapasia, Bangladesh) |
| Died | 3 November 1975 (aged 50) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Political party | Awami League (1949–1975) |
| Other political affiliations |
All-India Muslim League (Before 1949) |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Religion | Islam |
Tajuddin Ahmad (Bengali: তাজউদ্দীন আহমদ; 23 July 1925 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi statesman and freedom fighter. He served as the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh and lead the wartime Provisional Government during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. Ahmad is regarded as one of the most influential and instrumental figures in the birth of Bangladesh, due to his leadership of the provisional government in 1971, in which he united the various political, military and cultural forces of Bangladeshi nationalism.
A close confidante of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Ahmad was the General Secretary of the Awami League in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He coordinated the League’s election campaign for the Pakistani general election, 1970, in which the League gained a historic parliamentary majority to form government. Ahmad, along with Mujib and Dr. Kamal Hossain, led negotiations with President Yahya Khan and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for the transfer of power to the elected National Assembly.
Ahmed was born at Kapasia in Gazipur on 23 July 1925 to Maulavi Muhammad Yasin Khan and Meherunnesa Khanam. He went to Saint Gregory High school. In 1944, he came 12th on the matriculation examination. In 1948, he was 4th the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination. He obtained BA with honours in economics from Dhaka University. In 1943, he joined the Muslim League. 4 January 1948 Ahmad joined East Pakistan Student League as a founding member.
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