Ayub Quadri

Ayub Quadri (born March 16, 1946) is a former advisor for the ministries of Education and Cultural Affairs to the interim Government of Bangladesh that assumed power on January 11, 2007. After serving as an advisor for 11 months, he resigned from the post over a scandal concerning artifact theft.

Early life Born in Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British India, Quadri completed his Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and Master of Arts in English literature from Dhaka University in 1966. He obtained another master's degree in public affairs from University of Connecticut, US in 1983. He was given the responsibility for the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Primary and Mass Education as well as the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. His house came into attack of angry protesters seeking withdrawal of the state of emergency on August 21, 2007. On December 26, 2007 Quadri resigned from his position amid an inquiry into the theft of two rare archaeological artifacts. The antiques were lost while being boarded in a Paris-bound plane at the Dhaka airport, which was waiting to fly a consignment of antiques from Bangladesh for an exhibition at the Guimet Museum in Paris.