DHAKA, March 19, 2022: Former President and Chief Justice Shahabuddin
Ahmed passed away at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) here today at the
age of 92.
Family sources said Ahmed breathed his last around 10:25 this morning.
He had been suffering from old age complications for a long time, they said.
In February, he got admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the CMH as
his physical condition deteriorated.
Justice Ahmed was born on February 1, 1930, at Pemoi village under Kendua
thana of Netrakona district.
His father Talukder Resat Ahmed Bhuiyan was a well-known social worker and
philanthropist.
Ahmed obtained BA (Hons) in Economics in 1951 and MA in International
Relationship in 1952 from University of Dhaka.
He joined the then Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) in 1954, received training
in Lahore Civil Service Academy and completed a course at the University of
Oxford.
He served as Magistrate, Sub-Divisional Administrator and Additional Deputy
Commissioner in his early carrier.
In June, 1960, he was transferred to the judiciary department. He served as
Additional District and Sessions Judge in Dhaka and Barishal and District and
Sessions Judge in Cumilla and Chattogram. In 1967, he was appointed as
Registrar of the Dhaka High Court.
On January 20, 1972, he was promoted to the Judge of the Bangladesh High
Court.
On February 7, 1980, Ahmed was appointed as a judge of the Appellate Division
of the Supreme Court.
He was the chairman of the Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the
police firing on protesting students at Dhaka University in mid-February
1983.
He was the Chairman of Bangladesh Red Cross Society from August 1978 to April
1982. On 14 January 1990, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of
Bangladesh.
Ahmed took over the charge of acting President after Hussain Muhammad Ershad
resigned from the post on December 6, 1990.
After the fifth National Parliamentary Election in 1991, he re-joined the
post of Chief Justice from which he eventually retired on February 1, 1995.
Later on 1996, Ahmed was elected unopposed President of Bangladesh under the
nomination of Awami League. His tenure came to an end on 14 November, 2001.
Anwara Ahmed, wife of Sahabuddin Ahmed, died in 2018 at the age of 80 after
complaining a long illness.
The eldest daughter of their five children, Dr. Sitara Parveen was a teacher
in the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Dhaka University.
She died on June 23, 2005 in a tragic road accident in the United States.
Source: BSS
