Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
| Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir | |
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| মীর্জা ফখরুল ইসলাম আলমগীর | |
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| Member of parliament for Thakurgaon-1 | |
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In office October 2001 – October 2006 |
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| President | Iajuddin Ahmed |
| Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia |
| Preceded by | Khademul Islam |
| Succeeded by | Ramesh Chandra Sen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 August 1948 Thakurgaon District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Cabinet | Khaleda II |
| Portfolio | Minister of state for Agriculture |
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir (born 1 August 1948) is a Bangladeshi politician. He currently holds the post of secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He was a member of the parliament for Thakurgaon-1 constituency from 2001 to 2006. In that term he worked as the Minister of State in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and later Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.
Alamgir was born on 1 August 1948 in Thakurgaon District, Bangladesh. His father, Mirza Ruhul Amin, was a lawyer and a politician of Thakurgoan . Ruhul Amin was elected as a member of parliament from Thakurgaon constituency, several times. Alamgir studied economics at University of Dhaka, earning master's degrees with honors.
Alamgir was active in student politics at Dhaka University. He was a member of the then East Pakistan Students Union (EPSU), now known as Bangladesh Students Union, and was elected as the secretary general of the organization’s SM Hall unit in the university. Alamgir rose through the ranks of EPSU and, at the height of the 1969 uprising against the Ayub Khan administration, he was elected as the organization’s Dhaka University president.
In 1972, Alamgir became a teacher of economics at Dhaka College.
Among other government responsibilities, Alamgir worked for the Bangladesh government’s Directorate of Inspection and Audit as an auditor.
Alamgir served in the administration of President Ziaur Rahman. He worked as a secretary of Deputy Prime Minister S.A. Bari, until the latter resigned in 1982. Following this, Alamgir taught economics at Thakurgaon Govt. College until 1986.
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