Fazlur Rahman Faruque Explained

Fazlur Rahman Faruque
Native Name:ফজলুর রহমান ফারুক
Native Name Lang:bn
Constituency Mp:Tangail-8
Term Start:7 April 1973
Term End:6 November 1975
Predecessor:Position created
Successor:Morshed Ali Khan Panni
Party:Bangladesh Awami League
Children:Khan Ahmed Shuvo

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 the Bangladesh Liberation War.[1] Since 2017, he is serving as president of the Tangail District unit of the Awami League.[2] He is the district council administrator of Tangail District.[3]

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 the 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: 2021-02-04 . 21 eminent personalities named for Ekushey Padak . 2021-04-13 . The Daily Star . en.
  2. News: SP Park opens in Tangail . 2019-01-12 . The Daily Star . 5 December 2017 . en.
  3. News: Five lions clubs of Tangail district jointly accorded a reception . 2019-01-12 . The Daily Observer . 2019-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190112195219/http://www.observerbd.com/2015/05/12/88389.php . dead.
  4. Web site: List of 1st Parliament members . Bangladesh Parliament . 2019-01-12 . 2018-09-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180909153327/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf . dead.
  5. Web site: 2008-12-28 . Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics . 2022-12-28 . 2008-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081228235859/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=139 . dead.
  6. News: Nation wants return to democracy . 2019-01-12 . The Daily Star . 5 April 2008 . en.
  7. News: 2015-01-26 . Keep Tangail with Dhaka division . 2022-12-28 . The Daily Star . en.
  8. News: 2022-11-07 . Triennial conference of Tangail district AL after 7yrs . 2022-12-28 . Dhaka Tribune . en.
  9. News: Hasina, Quader re-elected AL president, GS . 2022-12-28 . New Age . en.
  10. News: 2022-01-16 . AL candidate wins Tangail-7 by-polls unofficially . 2022-12-28 . The Daily Star . en.