Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

General Information

Secretary General of BNP

Politician

Full Name: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

Affiliation: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)

Current Position: Secretary General

Date of Birth: January 26, 1948

Date of Death:

Place of Birth: Bangladesh

Home District: Thakurgaon

Constituency: 3, Thakurgaon-1 and 41, Bogra-6

Term: Second (5th-1991, 6th-1996 February)

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Profile:

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir(born 26 January 1948) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the incumbent Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 2016. He was a member of the parliament for Thakurgaon-1 constituency from 2001 to 2006. In that term, he was also appointed as the Minister of State in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and later Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism.

In the Eleventh Parliamentary Election of 2018, he was simultaneously nominated as BNP candidate in Thakurgaon-1 and Bogra-6 constituencies and was elected in Bogra-6 constituency. After failing to take oath, the Election Commission declared his seat vacant and a by-election was held there.

Fakhrul Islam was born in a political family. His father was a veteran politician of Thakurgoan where from he was elected as a member of parliament for several times. Alamgir’s uncle, Mirza Golam Hafiz, was a BNP politician who served in different ministries including the Minister of Land (1978–79), Minister of Law, Justic & Parliamentary Affairs (1991–96) and was the speaker of the 2nd national parliament of Bangladesh (1979–82). Another uncle, Wing Commander S. R. Mirza served in the first government of Bangladesh that was formed in exile known as the Mujibnagar Government in April 1971.

Fakhrul Islam was a student at the University of Dhaka majoring Economics where from he earned master’s degrees with honors. During his student life at DU, he was actively involved in student politics and was elected for the different post with a view to representing student’s interest. His mentionable posts at DU were a member of the then East Pakistan Students Union (EPSU), now known as Bangladesh Students Union, and the secretary general of the organization’s SM Hall unit in the university and later on the organization’s Dhaka University president. He has diversified backgrounds before entering into politics. He was a teacher of economics at Dhaka College in 1972 and also taught economics at Thakurgaon Government College until 1986.Fakhrul Islam started his political journey from the very grassroots level. In 1988 he contested for chairman election in Thakurgaon municipality as a neutral candidate and won. He joined BNP in the early 1990s and in 1992 he was nominated as the president of the BNP’s Thakurgaon district unit. Being defeated with the Awami League candidate in the 5th and 7th parliamentary election in 1991 and 1996 from Thakurgaon-1 constituency, he finally became the Member of Parliament (MP) in the 8th parliamentary election in 2001 from BNP and served as the Minister of State in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and later as the Minister of State in charge of the Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism until 2006.

Fakhrul Islam emerged as top-dog politician by the 5th National Council of BNP held in December 2008 by which he was made as the senior joint secretary general, a high valued post previously held by Tarique Rahman, the son of Begum Khaleda Zia. Following the passing away of secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain in March 2011, Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was named as acting secretary general of the BNP by its chairperson, Begum Khaleda Zia on 21 March 2011. From 2016, Alamgir is the Secretary General of BNP.