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Salahuddin Ahmad is a Bangladeshi jurist, the Attorney General of Bangladesh from 13 July 2008 to 12 January 2009, and a prominent practicing lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Ahmad was appointed after Fida M. Kamal, the then Attorney general, resigned from his office in the wake of a series of disagreements with the government over a number of issues.
Career
After Grand Alliance led by Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina formed a new government on January 6, 2009, Salahuddin Ahmad "submitted his resignation to the law minister in line with the tradition that the attorney general resigns after a new government takes over". Ahmad has been replaced by Mahbub-e Alam.
He completed his BSc in Economics from London School of Economics in 1969; MA from University of London in 1970 and LL.M from Columbia Law School in 1984.
Ahmad taught economics at University of Dhaka in the 1970s and has been associated with Kamal Hossain and Associates.