Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu

Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu (31 December 1954 – 2 October 2021) was a Bangladeshi politician of the Jatiya Party and served as the Secretary General for two terms. He was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-9 constituency at the 10th Jatiya Sangsad and the Chittagong-6 constituency at the 4th Jatiya Sangsad. He served as the Cabinet Minister for Energy during Ershad's regime in the 1980s. He was appointed an advisor to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in November 2013.

Early life Bablu was born on 31 December 1954 to parents Abul Qashem Chowdhury and Noor Mahal Begum in Chittagong. He completed his Higher Secondary School Certificate from Notre Dame College, Dhaka. He held a bachelor's and master's from the University of Dhaka in English Literature, and a Bachelor of Laws from the same institution.

Career Active in student government from a young age, Ahmed served as the General Secretary of the English Departmental Association of Dhaka University from 1974 to 1975. From 1979 to 1983, Bablu was a member of the Dhaka University Senate and from 1981 to 1983, he was the General Secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League. During that time he also served as the General Secretary of Dhaka University Central Students Union.

Bablu was first elected as a Member of Parliament (Bangladesh) to the Jatiya Sangsad in 1988 from the Chittagong-7 constituency. He was elected to his second term in Parliament from Chittagong-9 in 2014.

Bablu served as the Secretary General of the Jatiya Party from 2014 to 2016. He was appointed Special Assistant to chairperson of Jatiya Party Hussain Muhammed Ershad.

In 2020, Bablu was nominated by the Jatiya Party to contest the elections in Chittagong-8. The seat became vacant after the incumbent, Moin Uddin Khan Badal, died. He withdrew his candidacy before the start of the election on instructions from his party. Subsequently, Moslem Uddin Ahmad was elected to parliament from Chittagong-8 as a candidate of Awami League.

From 2014 to 2016, Bablu served as the first General Secretary of the Jatiya Party while former President Hussain Muhammad Ershad was chairman. On 26 July 2020 he was elected to a second term as Secretary General of the Jatiya Party.

Personal life Bablu's first wife Farida Sarkar died in 2005 from cancer. They had a son, Ashik Ahmed. In April 2017, Bablu married Dr. Mehe Zebunnesa Rahman, who is currently the director of the BBA Programme at North South University. She is the daughter of Merina Rahman, a former Jatiya Party Member of Parliament and the younger sister of Hussain Muhammad Ershad. His body was taken to the Jatiya Party's office in Kakrail where party leaders and other colleagues paid their final respects; he was then laid to rest in the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial. A three-day mourning period in his memory was announced by the Jatiya Party.