President Iajuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh
Upon his return home after completion of higher studies Iajuddin Ahmed joined as an assistant professor in the Department of Soil Science, University of Dhaka.
In recognition of his contribution to the development of education, Iajuddin Ahmed was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 1995.
Ahmed took oath as the President of Bangladesh on 6 September 2002.
Iajuddin Ahmed was born on Sunday, February 01, 1931 in Munshiganj and he is a famous head of state from Bangladesh of Sunni Muslim religion.
Ahmed was an adviser in the caretaker government in 1991.
On the afternoon of May 23, 2006, President Iajuddin Ahmed was admitted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka.
On their advice President Ahmed was taken to Singapore on Wednesday, May 24, 2006.
Ahmed was sworn in as the Chief Adviser of the Caretaker Government at 8.
President Iajuddin Ahmed, October 29, 2006 President Iajuddin Ahmed was sworn in as head of an interim government during a brief, televised ceremony held at the presidential palace in Dhaka.
President Ahmed takes over the reins of government from Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to oversee elections in January.
Pointing at the President, Workers Party general secretary Bimal Biswas said Prof Iajuddin Ahmed had so far failed to prove his neutrality to the nation in running the state affairs by not holding trial of those perpetrators of grenade and bomb attacks that claimed lives of many people including Ivy Rahman, Shah AMS Kibria.
Oct 30 (Reuters) - Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed was sworn in on Sunday as head of an interim administration to run the country in the period up to January general elections.
Acting as an adviser to a previous caretaker government in 1991, Ahmed was elected president on September 5, 2002.
of the Republic on 6 September 2002.
1 February 1931 and hails from Nayagaon of Munshiganj district.
Ahmed was also Provost of Salimullah Hall from 1975-83.
President Iajuddin Ahmed takes over from outgoing Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, whose government completed its five-year term on Friday and was constitutionally required to transfer power to an interim administration.
President Iajuddin Ahmed said a "grave emergency exists in the country threatening public security and its economy," Press Secretary Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury said.
For weeks, President Ahmed had stood firm and refused to succumb to the League's pressure for the polls postponement, even amidst international pressure and escalating domestic anarchy.
Jan 8 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed has summoned the country's new parliament to hold its first session on Jan 25, said an official handout on Thursday.
Bangladesh (AP) An aide says Bangladeshs figurehead President Iajuddin Ahmed has been hospitalized with high fever.
updated at 07:37 GMT, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 08:37 UK Mr Ahmed had a heart operation two years ago Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed has been admitted to hospital with a high fever, an aide says.
Mr Ahmed is having tests at a military hospital in Dhaka.
The President Iajuddin Ahmed expressed his deep shock and sorrow at the loss of lives and the taking of hostages in terrible terror strikes in Mumbai since.
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However, until the totally unexpected turnaround, President Ahmed had functioned like a BNP agent and refused to do the minimum for the credibility of the electoral exercise.
Ahmed is a US-trained geologist and teacher.
Ahmed is a widely traveled person.
Ahmed is very cordial and amiable.
At a press briefing at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the evening, Moudud Ahmed said the attorney general requested the chief justice to stay the proceeding of the writ petitions against the chief adviser sensing that the High Court bench was about to issue rules on the petitions without hearing his (AGs) application for forming a larger bench to hear the cases.
SPEAKING as chief guest at a seminar in the city recently on 'Climate change and soil science', President Iajuddin Ahmed said Bangladesh is relentlessly working with both national and international forums to.
President Iajuddin Ahmed has summoned the newly elected legislature to meet as per article 72 of the constitution, said a Parliament Secretariat handout.
President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed has summoned the new parliament into its first session at 3pm on January 25.
President Iajuddin Ahmed has invited Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina to take oath as the Prime Minister today at the Bangabhaban.
An aide says Bangladesh's figurehead President Iajuddin Ahmed has been hospitalized with high fever.
President Ahmed has one completely blocked and two partially blocked arteries in his heart.