Mosaddek Ali Falu
| Mohammad Mosaddak Ali | |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 2004–2006 |
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| Constituency | Dhaka-10 |
| Political Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
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In office 2001–2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Begum Khaleda Zia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1960 |
| Education | BA (Hon's), University of Dhaka |
| Website | mosaddakali |
Mosaddek Ali Falu (born 7 April 1960) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former parliamentarian from BNP. He served as the political secretary to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia between 2001 and 2006. He was in penal institution on grounds of sleaze between 2007 and 2008. And HC upholds Falu’s acquittal in relief scam case.
Falu began his career in politics as the political secretary to Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. He became a close companion to the Prime Minister, earning her trust. Evidence of this closeness includes Falu being delegated important duties and accompanying Khaleda Zia during her umrahs, among others.
In light of Khaleda's two-way loyalty strategy Falu was allowed to contest for the 2004 by-election of the Dhaka-10 constituency when BNP parliamentarian M A Mannan's defection to Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh meant that the seat was vacant (defection from a political party automatically results in the parliament seat to be vacated under Article 70 of the Constitution). Falu won the elections, but the polls were considered to be sham by most observers, and according to , including the United States.
He was sworn in hastily, only after 30 minutes of the release of the official gazette, raising questions. It takes at least 6 hours to prepare for oath-taking after the release of a gazette, and swear-ins from other by-elections were held about a week after official results.
Following the resignation of Iajuddin Ahmed's caretaker government in January 2007 and the ascension of an army-backed caretaker government, Falu was among the first of many to be arrested on corruption charges - he was arrested on 5 February 2007. Soon after his arrest, 15 spotted deers reared illegally were retrieved from Falu's retreat in Savar.
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