Mostafa Faruk Mohammad
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Mostafa Faruque Mohammad
|image = Mostafa Faruque Mohammad portrait.jpg
|caption=Mohammad in Geneva (2013)
|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 = {{Birth date|1942|03|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = Jessore, Bengal Presidency, British India
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|01|04|1942|03|21|df=y}}
|death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
|party = Bangladesh Awami League
}}
Mostafa Faruque Mohammad (21 March 1942 – 4 April 2017) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Jessore-2 constituency. He served as the Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) during 2012–2014.
Early life
Mohammad was born on 21 March 1942 in Krishnanagar, Jhikargachha Upazila, Jessore District, East Bengal, British Raj.{{cite news|title=Ex-minister Mostafa Faruk passes away|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/ex-minister-mostafa-faruk-passes-away-1340605|access-date=31 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=5 January 2017}}
Career
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.{{cite news|title=Former ICT minister Mostafa Faruque Mohammad passes away|url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=632251&date=2017-01-04|access-date=31 March 2018|work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401004439/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=632251&date=2017-01-04|archive-date=1 April 2018|url-status=dead}} He was a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Ministry.{{cite news|title=Make integrated efforts to tackle militancy|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-83976|access-date=31 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=13 April 2009|location=Bangladesh}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |last2=Hasan |first2=Rashidul |date=2012-09-16 |title=MKA replaces Shahara |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-249887 |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}
Death
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Category:People from Jessore District
Category:Politicians from Khulna Division
Category:Awami League politicians
Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:Ministers of posts, telecommunications and information technology of Bangladesh
Category:High commissioners of Bangladesh to India
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