Syed Wahidul Alam
{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Syed Wahidul Alam
| native_name = সৈয়দ ওয়াহিদুল আলম
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = Member of Parliament
| constituency = Chittagong-5
| parliament = Bangladesh
| term_start = 27 February 1991
| term_end = 29 October 2006
| predecessor = Anisul Islam Mahmud
| successor = Anisul Islam Mahmud
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Chittagong
| death_date = 27 May 2018
| death_place =
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
}}
Syed Wahidul Alam ({{langx|bn|সৈয়দ ওয়াহিদুল আলম}}) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Chittagong-5.{{cite news |title=Former whip Wahidul Alam dies|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/former-whip-wahidul-alam-dies-1583056 |newspaper=The Daily Star | date=29 May 2018 | accessdate=6 July 2024}}
Career
Alam was an active Liberation War activist during 1971. He was the former Member of Parliament for Chittagong-5 (Hathazari).{{cite news |title=15 BNP candidates in Ctg, one for alliance|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-65570|work=The Daily Star|access-date=10 February 2017|language=en|date=30 November 2008}} He served from 1991 to 2006.{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=283 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=4 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229001017/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=283 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }} He was also the whip of the parliament.{{cite news |title=Who is Shakila Farzana? |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2015/08/19/who-is-shakila-farzana |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |date=19 August 2015 |access-date=10 February 2017 |language=en}}
Personal life
Alam has two daughters. Elder daughter Shakila Farzana, is a barrister and was joint general secretary of the Supreme Court wing of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad, a pro-BNP lawyers’ body.
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Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians
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Category:People from Hathazari Upazila
Category:Politicians from Chittagong Division
Category:21st-century Bengalis
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