Fazlur Rahman Faruque

Fazlur Rahman Faruque is an Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-8 constituency during 1973–1975. He received the Ekushey Padak in 2021 for his contribution to Bangladesh Liberation war.[1] Since 2017, he is serving as president of Tangail District unit of the Awami League.[2] He is the District Council Administrator of Tangail District.[3]

Fazlur Rahman Faruque
ফজলুর রহমান ফারুক
Member of Parliament
for Tangail-8
In office
7 April 1973 – 6 November 1975
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byMorshed Ali Khan Panni
Personal details
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
ChildrenKhan Ahmed Shuvo

Career

Faruque was elected to the parliament in 1973 from Tangail-8 as an Awami League candidate.[4]

Faruque contested the 1991 parliamentary election from Tangail-7 as a candidate of the Awami League.[5] He received 41,392 and came second to Kh. Badar Uddin of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party who received 62,882 votes.[5]

In 2008, he served as the General Secretary of the Tangail District unit of Awami League.[6] In 2015, he supported citizens protesting the proposed addition of Tangail District to Mymensingh Division instead preferring the present Dhaka Division.[7] He was elected President of Tangail District Awami League on 18 October 2015 at the triennial conference of the Tangail district unit of Awami League.[8]

The triennial conference of the Tangail district unit of Awami League was held in November 2022 seven years after the last one in 2015 and Faruque was re-elected president of the District unit.[8] On 24 December 2022, Faruque proposed the name of Sheikh Hasina to be the president of Awami League at its council. She went on to win her 10th consecutive term as president.[9]

Personal life

Faruque's only Son Khan Ahmed Shuvo is Member of Parliament from Tangail-7; elected in 2021 by-election called after the death of incumbent Ekabbar Hossain.[10]

References
  1. "21 eminent personalities named for Ekushey Padak". The Daily Star. 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  2. "SP Park opens in Tangail". The Daily Star. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  3. "Five lions clubs of Tangail district jointly accorded a reception". observerbd.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  4. "List of 1st Parliament members" (PDF). parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  5. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". 2008-12-28. Archived from the original on 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2022-12-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. "Nation wants return to democracy". The Daily Star. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  7. Correspondent, Our; Tangail (2015-01-26). "Keep Tangail with Dhaka division". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  8. "Triennial conference of Tangail district AL after 7yrs". www.dhakatribune.com. 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  9. "Hasina, Quader re-elected AL president, GS". New Age. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  10. Report, Star Digital (2022-01-16). "AL candidate wins Tangail-7 by-polls unofficially". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-12-28.


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