AM Amin Uddin appointed Bangladesh’s Attorney General

The government has named AM Amin Uddin, the president of Supreme Court Bar Association, as the successor to late Attorney General Mahbubey Alam.

President Md Abdul Hamid made the appointment on Thursday, the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs said in a statement.

The post fell vacant when Alam, the longest-serving chief legal officer of the state, died on Sept 27 at the age of 71 after suffering from COVID-19 illness.

Amin Uddin has been practising at the Supreme Court for three decades.

He was elected president of the SCBA for the 2019-20 term and then reelected for the current tenure.

He had earlier served as general secretary of the association.