Fazlur Rahman Faruque (Died 19 October 2024) was 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] From 2017 to until death, he has served as president of the Tangail District unit of the Awami League.[2] He is the district council administrator of Tangail District.[3]
Fazlur Rahman Faruque | |
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ফজলুর রহমান ফারুক | |
Member of Parliament for Tangail-8 | |
In office 7 April 1973 – 6 November 1975 | |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Morshed Ali Khan Panni |
Personal details | |
Died | 19 October 2024 |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Children | Khan Ahmed Shuvo |
Early life
editFaruque was born on 12 October 1944 in Kahela village, Mirzapur Upazila, Tangail, East Bengal, British Raj.[4]
Career
editFaruque was a member of the Chhatra League in the 1960s.[4]
Faruque served in the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh.[4] He was elected to the parliament in 1973 from Tangail-8 as an Awami League candidate.[5]
Faruque contested the 1991 parliamentary election from Tangail-7 as a candidate of the Awami League.[6] He received 41,392 and came second to Kh. Badar Uddin of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party who received 62,882 votes.[6]
In 2008, he served as the general secretary of the Tangail District unit of Awami League.[7] In 2015, he supported citizens protesting the proposed addition of Tangail District to Mymensingh Division instead preferring the present Dhaka Division.[8] 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.[9]
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.[9] 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.[10]
Personal life & Death
editFaruque'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.[11] On 19 October 2024 he died from old age complication.[4]
References
edit- ^ "21 eminent personalities named for Ekushey Padak". The Daily Star. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "SP Park opens in Tangail". The Daily Star. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "Five lions clubs of Tangail district jointly accorded a reception". The Daily Observer. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব (19 October 2024). "আত্মগোপনে থাকা টাঙ্গাইল জেলা আওয়ামী লীগের সভাপতির মৃত্যু". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". 28 December 2008. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Nation wants return to democracy". The Daily Star. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "Keep Tangail with Dhaka division". The Daily Star. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Triennial conference of Tangail district AL after 7yrs". Dhaka Tribune. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Hasina, Quader re-elected AL president, GS". New Age. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "AL candidate wins Tangail-7 by-polls unofficially". The Daily Star. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.