Tajuddin Ahmad

Who was Tajuddin Ahmad?

Tajuddin Ahmad was a Bangladeshi politician and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He was a prominent leader of the Awami League party and served as its General Secretary during the critical period of the Bangladesh independence movement.

Ahmad was instrumental in forming the Provisional Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, popularly known as the Mujibnagar Government, during the Bangladesh Liberation War. After the independence of Bangladesh, Tajuddin served as Finance Minister until 1974. After the assassination of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in August 1975, Tajuddin was arrested by the military government and executed by a group of renegade army officers in Dhaka Central Jail on 3 November 1975.

Named as "one of the most influential political leaders in the history of Bangladesh", he is highly regarded by Bangladeshis for his leadership of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh in 1971 and for being a staunch secular democrat.