Badruddin Ahmed Siddiky
Badruddin Ahmed Siddiky | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of East Pakistan | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 January 1915 |
| Died | 3 December 1991 |
| Relatives | Chowdhury Kazemuddin Ahmed Siddiky (uncle) Shaffat Ahmed Siddiky (son) Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky (nephew) |
Badruddin Ahmed Siddiky (1915-1991) was a Bangladeshi Jurist and the Chief Justice of East Pakistan.[1]
Early life
Siddiky was born on 4 January 1915 in
Dhaka University in 1937.[1]
Career
He joined the Calcutta High Court in 1940 as an advocate. He moved to
Dhaka High Court. He was the Legal Counsel to the State Bank of Pakistan from 1952 to 1957. He became the attorney general of East Pakistan in 1957. He became a judge in the Dhaka High Court in 1960. In 1962 he became the chairman of East Pakistan Red Cross. He was elected to the World Judges Conference executive committee in 1967. He became the Chief Justice of East Pakistan High Court. He helped collect aid for the aftermath of 1970 Bhola cyclone.[1]
During the
Red Cross during the war.[1] After the Independence of Bangladesh, he became the chairman of Bangladesh Red Cross in 1975 following the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[2] In 1986 he was appointed adviser to the President of Bangladesh, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, with the rank equal to that of a minister. He was the permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nation from 1986 to 1988. He took his retirement in 1988.[1]
Death
Siddiky died on 3 December 1991.[1]
References
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