Aftab Ahmed (academic)

Aftab Ahmed
Vice-Chancellor of National University of Bangladesh
In office
5 July 2003  20 July 2005
Preceded byAbdul Momin Chowdhury
Succeeded byWakil Ahmed
Personal details
Born(1949-12-31)31 December 1949
Noakhali, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Died26 September 2006(2006-09-26) (aged 56)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
University of London

Aftab Ahmed (31 December 1949 – 26 September 2006) was a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 5th vice-chancellor of National University of Bangladesh. On 23 September 2006, Ahmed was assassinated at his Dhaka residence. Mofiqul Hasan Tripti, an influential politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was arrested for the crime in August 2018.