AAMS Arefin Siddique, a professor of journalism, Thursday became the new Dhaka University vice chancellor, succeeding professor S M A Faiz.
"The president approved the appointment of Prof Arefin Siddique this afternoon," secretary to the president Md Sirajul Islam told bdnews24.com. The president is also the chancellor of the university.
The new appointment, "relieving" Faiz of his duties, was made in accordance with the University Ordinance 1973 to help the university function smoothly until the Senate forms a panel to elect a new VC, a PID handout said Thursday.
Faiz, who took over as DU VC in Sept 2002 during the BNP-led coalition government's rule, handed in his resignation letter last Sunday telling reporters he sought "to be relieved".
Faiz made his announcement shortly after the pro-BNP Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal accused the VC of "doing nothing" against "ongoing campus violence".
A former president of the Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA), Siddique is a prominent leader of the pro-Awami League grouping of teachers.
Faiz, also a former chairman of Public Service Commission, was a member of the pro-BNP White panel of teachers.
