Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid

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|name = Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid

|image = Alamgir Farid.jpg

|caption = Photo of 2025

|office = Member of Parliament

|term_start = 1996

|term_end = 2006

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|birth_date = 1st October 1957

|birth_place = Maheshkhali, Cox's Bazar

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|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

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Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Cox's Bazar-2. Apart from his political career, Farid is also a advocate registered with the Cox’s Bazar Bar Council.

Career

Farid was elected to parliament in 1996 from Cox's Bazar-2 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was reelected from Cox's Bazar-2 in 2001.{{cite web|title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001|url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=295|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229002930/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=295|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 December 2008|website=Vote Monitor Networks|accessdate=15 March 2018|date=29 December 2008}} He served in the Public Undertaking Committee in the Parliament.{{cite news|title=JS body to review power sector errs|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/07/27/d3072701055.htm|accessdate=15 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=27 July 2003|archive-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315133526/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/07/27/d3072701055.htm|url-status=dead}}

Farid was listed as serial no. 122 on the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's National Executive Committee, confirming his membership in the party’s top policymaking body.{{cite web |title=BNP National Executive Committee Members |url=https://www.bnpbd.org/pages/national-executive-committee |website=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |access-date=4 July 2025}}

Personal life

Alamgir Md Mahfujullah Farid was born into a family of eight siblings — four brothers and four sisters. His eldest brother, the late Sirajul Haque, served as a Union Parishad Chairman. His second brother, the late Akramul Haque, was an officer in the Department of Agricultural Extension. Farid is the third among the brothers. His youngest brother, Mohammad Shahidullah, was also Chairman of Boro Moheshkhali Union Parishad in Cox’s Bazar. He also has four sisters.

Controversy

On 13 May 2007, he was arrested by Rapid Action Battalion on corruption charges.{{cite news|title=Two ex-lawmakers, Bangla cop jailed on graft charges|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/two-ex-lawmakers-bangla-cop-jailed-on-graft-charges/472860|accessdate=15 March 2018|work=Outlook India}} He was arrested on 5 extortion case filed against him in Moheshkhali Police Station on 15 April 2007.{{cite news|title=Ex-BNP MP Farid arrested, Abu Zafar sent to jail|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/05/14/d7051401044.htm|accessdate=15 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=14 May 2007|archive-date=15 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315133538/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/05/14/d7051401044.htm|url-status=dead}} Anti-Corruption Commission filed charges against him and his wife on corruption on 29 April 2008.{{cite news|title=ACC set to sue Saifur's younger son for illegal wealth|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-34323|accessdate=15 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=29 April 2008|language=en}}

References

Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians

Category:Living people

Category:6th Jatiya Sangsad members

Category:7th Jatiya Sangsad members

Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:People from Cox's Bazar District

Category:Politicians from Chittagong Division

Category:Politicians from Cox's Bazar District