Additional Attorney General Salahuddin Ahmad was made attorney general yesterday two days after Fida M Kamal stepped down from the post.
President Iajuddin Ahmed appointed him as the constitution gives him the power to appoint a qualified person to the constitutional post of attorney general.
Talking to The Daily Star about his new job, Salahuddin Ahmad said he would try his best to carry out the constitutional responsibilities he has been entrusted with.
Salahuddin graduated from London School of Economics in the United Kingdom in 1969 and received his masters' degree from the same institution in 1970. He served as assistant professor at the Department of Economics of Dhaka University (DU) from 1971 to 1977. He also served as assistant professor at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of DU from 1980 to 1983.
Salahuddin launched his career in law in 1980 after obtaining the LLB degree from DU in 1978. He became a lawyer of the High Court in 1982. He obtained the LLM degree from Colombia University in the USA in 1984.
Salahuddin was made additional attorney general on February 13, 2007.