Mostafa Faruque Mohammad | |
Office: | Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) |
Term Start: | 13 September 2012 |
Term End: | 24 January 2014 |
Predecessor: | Syed Abul Hossain |
Constituency Mp1: | Jessore-2 |
Parliament1: | Bangladesh |
Term Start1: | 29 December 2008 |
Term End1: | 4 January 2014 |
Predecessor1: | Abu Sayeed Md. Shahadat Hussain |
Successor1: | Mohammad Monirul Islam |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1942 |
Birth Place: | Jessore, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Mostafa Faruque Mohammad (21 March 1942 – 4 April 2017) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. a member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Jessore-2 constituency. He served as the Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) during 2012–2014.
Mohammad was born on 21 March 1942 in Krishnanagar, Jhikargachha Upazila, Jessore district, East Bengal, British Raj.[1]
Mohammad was a diplomat in Egypt, India, Myanmar, Russia and Vietnam. In 1979, he worked as Bangladesh's alternative representative to the United Nation Security Council. He was elected to the parliament in 2008 from Jessore-2.[2] He was a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Ministry.[3] He was made the minister of information and communication technology on 13 September 2012 replacing Syed Abul Hossain. He was a managing director of SAHCO, a company owned by Hossain.[4]
Mohammad died on 4 January 2017.[5]