Muhammad Ekramul Haque is a Bangladeshi academic lawyer and academic who is professor of Comparative Constitutional Law and dean of the Department of Law at the University of Dhaka. [1] [2] He is a member of the Constitutional Reform Commission formed by the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. [3] [4] He is a faculty member and advisor of the department of law at East West University. [5]
Ekramul Haque completed his bachelor's and master's in law at the University of Dhaka in 1996 and 1997 respectively. [6] He completed his PhD at Monash University in 2012. [6]
Ekramul Haque joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer on 28 October 2003 in the department of law. [6] He was a visiting faculty at the Department of Women and Gender Studies from 2005 to 2006 and later becoming a part time lecturer of the department. [6] In January 2007, he was promoted to assistant professor and associate professor in 2012. [6]
Ekramul Haque became an advisor to the Department of Law at East West University in December 2022. [6] He became a senior research scholar at the Program on Constitutional Studies of the School of Law at the University of Texas at Austin. [6] In April 2023, he said that the Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence, was "not merely a creation of skillful draftsmen but rather a reflection of the will of the people". [7]
Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Ekramul Haque wrote about the legality of the Muhmmad Yunus led interim government on 15 August 2024. [8] was appointed dean of the Department of Law of the University of Dhaka in September 2024. [6] He was appointed head of an investigation body of the University of Dhaka to investigate the violence against students protesting against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from 15 July to 5 August. [9] He was made a member of the Constitutional Reform Commission in October led by Ali Riaz. [10] [11] About the mission of the commission he said, "Before we can decide whether we need a new constitution or the current one will be amended, we have to determine what changes are necessary,". [12]