Shahabuddin Ahmed Cause Of Death

Shahabuddin Ahmed served as the President of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001, and the Chief Justice of Bangladesh from 1990 to 1995.

Shahabuddin Ahmed previously served as the acting president during 1990-91 when Hussain Muhammad Ershad resigned from the post.

Shahabuddin Ahmed also headed a caretaker government and held a general election in February 1991.

Shahabuddin Ahmed was chairman, Bangladesh Red Cross Society, from August 1978 to April 1982 in addition to his duties as Judge of the Supreme Court.

He also set up a number of rural hospitals maternity centres, in particular, the Teligati Red Cross Hospital (Netrakona) which was financed by the Swiss Red Cross.

Shahabuddin Ahmed was a member of the Bangladesh Government delegation to the 10th Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Islamic countries (OIC) held in Fez, Morocco in 1979 where the question of setting up an International Islamic Red Crescent Society was debated.

On his initiative the Family Planning and Population Control was included in the main function of the Bangladesh Red Cross.

In February 2022, Shahabuddin Ahmed was taken to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) due to an aging-associated disease.

He died on 19 March 2022 at the Combined Military Hospital from the aging-associated disease.