A. F. Hassan Ariff

A. F. Hassan Ariff
Attorney General
In office
October 2001 – 28 April 2005
Succeeded by A. J. Mohammad Ali

A. F. Hassan Ariff is a Bangladeshi lawyer, former Attorney General of Bangladesh and Advisor of Caretaker Government led by Fakhruddin Ahmed.[1][2]

Career

Ariff was the Attorney General of Bangladesh from October 2001 to 28 April 2005. He resigned from his post reportedly over his failure to support pro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawyers in the Supreme Court Bar Association and Bangladesh Bar Council's cancellation of the license of a pro-BNP Bangladesh High Court judge who used fraudulent credentials.[3] He founded AF Hassan Ariff & Associates in the 1970s. From January 2008 to January 2009 he was Law Adviser to the Caretaker Government.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "6 parties invited to talks with govt". The Daily Star. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Mirpur butcher Molla must die, says SC". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Attorney General Hassan Ariff Resigns". wikileaks.org. Bangladesh Dhaka. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "A F Hassan Ariff Associates". hariffbd.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
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