Mohiuddin Ahmed (politician, born 1925)

Mohiuddin Ahmed (মহিউদ্দিন আহমেদ; 15 January 1925 – 12 April 1997), also known by his daak naam Panna Mia (পান্না মিঞা), was a Bangladeshi politician. He was elected a member of parliament in 1973, 1979 and 1991. He was posthumously awarded with an Ekushey Padak in 2000.

Early life and family
Mohiuddin Ahmed Panna Mia was born on 15 January 1925 to a Bengali Muslim family in Gulishakhali Mia Bari in Mathbaria, Firozpur, then part of the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency. His father, Azharuddin Ahmed, was a member of the Bengal Legislative Council from 1920 to 1926. He was married to Begum Rebecca (died 2018) and had two sons and one daughter.

Career
Ahmed was involved in political activism from the age of 12, particularly the Pakistan Movement. He was the general secretary of the All-India Muslim Student League's Nadia-Bakerganj branches. Ahmed was also a member of its central committee. He later became the secretary general of the Muslim League's Barisal branch. He then became the Secretary of the Krishak Federation and led the Ganatantri Dal. After that merged with the National Awami Party, he joined its central committee. During the 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election, he was successfully elected as the MLA of Mathbaria constituency as part of the United Front. Ahmed joined the Awami League in 1972 and was appointed as a senior vice-president. He took part in the Bengali language movement, the Six point movement and the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Following independence, he served as chairman of the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League and later became a senior member of the Awami League Central Presidium. Ahmed was elected to the Jatiya Sangsad from Bakerganj-18 as an Awami League candidate in 1973. Following the 1979 Bangladeshi general election, Ahmed was renominated as the Awami League MP for Bakerganj-17. During this term, he served as the deputy leader of the opposition party. His third term in the Jatiya Sangsad took place after being elected during the 1991 Bangladeshi general election from Pirojpur-3 constituency as a BAKSAL politician.

Death
Ahmed died on 12 April 1997 in Bangladesh. He was buried at the Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard in Mirpur, Dhaka.