Tofail Ahmed (professor)

Ahmed was born on 1 March 1954 in Fatehpur of Hathazari in Chittagong District in the then East Bengal. He completed his SSC and HSC at the Fatehabad High School and Chittagong College respectively. He completed his bachelor's degree and master's degree in politics and administration at the University of Chittagong in 1976 and 1977 respectively. He earned his second master's at in Social Sector Planning and Management in 1981 and his PhD in Development Studies in 1991 from Swansea University. ==Career==

Ahmed joined Fatehpur High School as an assistant teacher in 1975. From 1994 to 2007, he worked at the University of Chittagong. Ahmed was an advisor on Local Governance for the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2014. In 2022, Ahmed's name was suggested for the post of commissioner of the Bangladesh Election Commission. In October 2023, he called on political parties to hold dialogue to avoid conflict at an event of Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik. After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina–led Awami League government, the Muhammad Yunus–led interim government made Ahmed a member of the newly created Electoral System Reform Commission in October 2024. He was appointed chairman of the Local Government Reform Commission. ==Death==

Ahmed died from heart disease on 8 October 2025, at the age of 71. == Bibliography ==