Fazlur Rahman Faruque

Fazlur Rahman Faruque
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
Born	(1944-10-12)12 October 1944 Kahela village, Mirzapur Upazila, East Bengal, British Raj
Died	19 October 2024(2024-10-19) (aged 80) Tangail, Bangladesh
Political party	Bangladesh Awami League
Children	Khan Ahmed Shuvo

Fazlur Rahman Faruque (12 October 1944 – 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 was the district council administrator of Tangail District.[3]

Early life

Faruque was born on 12 October 1944 in Kahela village, Mirzapur Upazila, Tangail, East Bengal, British Raj.[4]

Career

Faruque 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 and death

Faruque'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 in Tangail city.[4]

References

1. "21 eminent personalities named for Ekushey Padak". The Daily Star. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
2. "SP Park opens in Tangail". The Daily Star. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
3. "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.
4. প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব (19 October 2024). "আত্মগোপনে থাকা টাঙ্গাইল জেলা আওয়ামী লীগের সভাপতির মৃত্যু". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 5 November 2024.
5. "List of 1st Parliament members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
6. "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.
7. "Nation wants return to democracy". The Daily Star. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
8. "Keep Tangail with Dhaka division". The Daily Star. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
9. "Triennial conference of Tangail district AL after 7yrs". Dhaka Tribune. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
10. "Hasina, Quader re-elected AL president, GS". New Age. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
11. "AL candidate wins Tangail-7 by-polls unofficially". The Daily Star. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.