Tofail Ahmed (politician)
Bengali politician
Tofail Ahmed (22 October 1943 – 1 June 2026) was a Bangladeshi independence activist, Bengali nationalist–Mujibist revolutionary and politician. He played a key role in the 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising and then the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. In independent Bangladesh, he was a close confident of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and then served as full minister for the ministries of Industries and Commerce under Sheikh Hasina. He was a 8-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Bhola-1, Bhola-2 and Bakerganj-1 constituencies during 1973–2024.
Early life and education
Tofail was born on 22nd October 1943 in the village of Koralia in Bhola Island, then a part of the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency, to Bengali Muslim parents Moulvi Azhar Ali and Fatema Khatun, who lived in poverty.
He studied at the Bhola Government High School until 1960 and then at the Brojomohun College until 1962. He graduated from the University of Dacca with a Master of Science in Soil science.
Career
Tofail joined the Awami League in support of the 1966 Six point movement of then party leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and was involved in the 1969 mass uprising in East Pakistan as a student leader. He served as the vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union from 1968-1969. In 1970, Ahmed was a political secretary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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