sultan ahmed (6 june 1953 – 4 september 2017) was an indian politician. he was born in kolkata, india. he served as the union minister of state for tourism in the council of ministers of the republic of india. he was elected to the 15th lok sabha from uluberia (lok sabha constituency) on a trinamool congress ticket. he had previously been a 2-time congress mla for entally ( in1987–91 and once again in 1996–2001).