Sultan Ahmed (Indian politician)

Sultan Ahmed
Ahmed addressing at the inauguration of Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, at Shyampur, Howrah, November 13, 2010.
Minister of State for Tourism
In office 16 May 2009 – 22 September 2012
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2009–2017
Preceded by	Hannan Mollah
Succeeded by	Sajda Ahmed
Constituency	Uluberia
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 1996–2001
Preceded by	Md. Nezamuddin
Succeeded by	Mohammed Salim
Constituency	Entally
In office 1987–1991
Preceded by	Md. Nezamuddin
Succeeded by	Md. Nezamuddin
Constituency	Entally
Personal details
Born	(1953-06-06)6 June 1953 Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Died	4 September 2017(2017-09-04) (aged 64) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political party	Trinamool Congress (1998-2017) Indian National Congress (1975-1997)
Spouse	Sajda Ahmed (m. 1985; his death 2017)
Children	Two Sons
Alma mater	Maulana Azad College (B.A.) Calcutta University
Profession	Politician Businessperson

Sultan Ahmed (Bengali: সুলতান আহমেদ) (6 June 1953 – 4 September 2017) was an Indian politician and the Union Minister of State for Tourism in the Manmohan Singh government. He was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Uluberia (Lok Sabha constituency)^[1] on a Trinamool Congress ticket. He had previously been a 2-time Congress MLA for Entally^[2] (in 1987–91 and once again in 1996–2001).