Afsar Ali Ahmed

Afsar Ali Ahmed (1920–2015) was an Awami League politician in Bangladesh and a member of parliament for Rangpur-2.

[1][2] Ahmed was a founding member of the Awami League and a confidant of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

[7] He went into hiding after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the 15 August 1975 Bangladeshi coup d'état and the military administration sought to take action against him.

[3] Ahmed was the president of Nilphamari District unit of the Awami League for 34 years.

[3] Ahmed died 20 April 2015 in Rangpur Medical College Hospital.