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SA Sultan
SA Sultan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Chandpur-4.[1] Early lifeSA Sultan Titu was born in Chandpur District.[2] CareerSultan was elected to parliament from Chandpur-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001.[3] Bangladesh Football FederationOn 20 December 2001, Sultan, also a member of the BNP-led coalition government, replaced the elected body of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) led by General Secretary, Harunur Rashid, with an ad-hoc committee.[4] On 10 January 2002, FIFA banned the BFF for violating FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) laws that only recognize a democratically elected committee to run a member's football authority. The ban was lifted on 4 February 2002, after the original elected committee was reinstated.[5] Eventually, Rashid resigned alleged to have been forced by Sultan who remained in the president's seat after being unopposed in the 26 April 2003 BFF elections.[6][7][8] In June 2007, FIFA extended the tenure of Sultan's executive committee for another year.[4] During his tenure as president, Sultan failed to hold district and division leagues on a consistent basis, while the country's top-tier league, the Dhaka Premier Division League, was held only four times from 2001 to 2006.[9][10][11] Sultan's reign did see some success, with Bangladesh winning the 2003 SAFF Gold Cup as hosts and the introduction of the first professional national league, the B.League, in 2007.[12] Under Sultan's regime, Bangladesh also hosted the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup, the biggest football tournament to have taken place in the country.[13] On 15 December 2007, Sultan sent his resignation to FIFA, citing to personal reasons.[14][15] On 16 December 2007, FIFA rejected Sultans resignation and threatened to ban the federation if an executive member resigned before the 2008 polls.[16] Nonetheless, despite facing heavy criticism for his previous decision to reign, along with numerous disputes with journalists, Sultan remained as BFF president until the 2008 elections.[17][18][19][20] On 28 April 2008, Sultan's tenure as president officially ended, with Kazi Salahuddin taking over his role.[21][22] See alsoReferences
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