{{short description|Bengali politician and former Minister of East Pakistan}} {{for multi|the Bangladeshi scientist|Mafizuddin Ahmed|the Indian poet|Mafizuddin Ahmed Hazarika}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Khan Bahadur Maulvi | name = Mafizuddin Ahmad | native_name = মফিজউদ্দীন আহমদ | image = File:Mafizuddin Ahmad - মফিজুদ্দীন আহমদ, নওগাঁ পূর্ব মুসলিম আসন.jpg | native_name_lang = bn | office = Minister for Education in East Pakistan | term_start = 1962 | term_end = 1965 | predecessor = Abul Mansur Ahmad | successor = S. M. Amzad Hossain | office1 = Minister of Relief, Rehabilitation, Registration and Prisons | term_start1 = 1947 | term_end1 = | office2 = Member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan | term_start2 = 10 August 1947 | term_end2 = 1958 | constituency2 = Tippera North | office3 = Member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly | term_start3 = 1937 | term_end3 = 1947 | constituency3 = Tippera North | birth_date = 1891 | birth_place = Barashalghar, Tipperah district, Bengal Presidency | death_date = {{Death year and age|1979|1891}} | death_place = Bangladesh | party = All-India Muslim League | alma_mater = University of Dacca<br>University of Calcutta | children = A. B. M. Ghulam Mostafa }} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} '''Mafizuddin Ahmad''' ({{Langx|bn|মফিজউদ্দীন আহমদ}}; 1891–1979) was a Bengali politician and former government Minister of East Pakistan.<ref>{{cite book|title=Debates. Official Report|year=1948|publisher=Pakistan Constituent Assembly (1947-1954)|pages=122|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZYdAAAAIAAJ&q=Mafizuddin+Ahmad|accessdate=5 March 2017|language=en}}</ref>
==Early life== Ahmad was born in 1891 in the village of Barashalghar, Debidwar, Tipperah district, Bengal Presidency. In 1919, he graduated from the University of Calcutta with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Dacca. After graduation, Ahmed started his law practice in the Comilla bar, after meeting A. K. Fazlul Huq and Abul Kashem.<ref name="knv">{{cite Banglapedia|author=Nawaz, Ali|article=Ahmad, Mafizuddin}}</ref>
==Career== Ahmad in 1933 joined the All India Muslim League. He was elected joint secretary of the Muslim League in Tripura District. He was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1938. He was made the parliamentary secretary for education. He was re-elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1946. He was given the title Khan Bahadur.<ref name="knv" />
After the Partition of Bengal (1947) and establishment of Pakistan, he became the minister of Relief, Rehabilitation, Registration, and Prisons in East Pakistan. He was appointed to the Pakistan Planning Commission in 1954. He then served as the Minister for Education in East Pakistan from 1962 to 1965. He was awarded the Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam by the Government of Pakistan.<ref name="knv" />
==Death== Ahmad died in 1979.<ref name="knv" /> His son A. B. M. Ghulam Mostafa was Bangladeshi businessman and politician who served as a Member of Parliament from Comilla-4. His Grandson - Golam Ahmed who is the managing director of Sakti Oushadhalay.{{fact|date=July 2024}} His great-grandson and daughter are Yaman Rabbi Ahmed and Mahnaz Ahmed.{{fact|date=July 2024}}
==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmad, Mafizuddin}} Category:All-India Muslim League politicians Category:1891 births Category:1979 deaths Category:Bengali politicians Category:University of Dhaka alumni Category:University of Calcutta alumni Category:Pakistani MNAs 1947–1954 Category:People from Debidwar Upazila Category:Politicians from Chittagong Division Category:Education ministers of Pakistan Category:Members of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan Category:Bengal MLAs 1937–1945 Category:Bengal MLAs 1946–1947 Category:Provincial ministers of East Pakistan