Full Name: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
Birth Date: August 01, 1948
Birthplace: Thakurgaon, Bangladesh
Education: University of Dhaka
Occupation: Politician
Height: 5 feet 6 inches (1.70 m)
Years active:2001-present
Spouse (s): Rahat Ara Begum
Religion: Islam
Zodiac sign: Leo
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is a politician of Bangladeshi who is the current Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Earlier, he served as the acting Secretary General of the party for five years since 2001. Alamgir was also elected Member of Parliament from the Thakurgaon-1 constituency in 2001 and served as a state minister. He is considered one of the most talented and decent politicians in the country although his party is passing a crisis situation.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Early Life:
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was born on August 01, 1948, in Thakurgaon, Bangladesh. His father Mirza Ruhul Amin was a renowned politician in the country and was elected a Member of Parliament from the area. Mirza Ruhul Amin was also a lawyer. He completed a Master’s degree with honors from the University of Dhaka in Economics.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Career:
After completing his education, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir kicked off his career journey as a teacher at Dhaka College through BCS. The talented guy worked as a secretary of Deputy Prime Minister S.A. Bari until he resigned in 1982 under President Ziaur Rahman.
Fakhrul Islam Politic:
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir comes to mainstream politics in the 1980s. He was active in student politics during his study at Dhaka University and associated with the Bangladesh Student Union and served as president during the ‘1969 uprising’.
BNP’s chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia named him as the acting secretary general in 2001, following the death of secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain. In 2008, in the fifth national council of BNP, he was named as senior joint secretary general that post previously held by Tarique Rahman.
Mirza gets huge media attention in the country as the BNP’s spokesperson and frequently criticized the government on different issues. After the Pilkhana massacre, he widely criticized the Awami League government for not properly investigating the matter.
Attacks on Mirza Fakhrul Islam:
On August 02, 2011, Alamgir’s motorcade went under attack by an armed mob in Lakshmipur approaching to attend a party meeting. The attackers were not identified but Alamgir claimed they were members of the ruling party Awami League.
On 18, 2017, Mirza’s motorcade again was attacked by the miscreant in Chittagong’s Rangunia during they going to visit landslide affected area in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Fakhrul states amid heavy rain youth began to hit the vehicle with sharp weapons and stones.
Personal Life:
Fakhrul Islam Alamgir married Rahat Ara Begum who is a highly educated woman who studied at the University of Calcutta and has been working in an Insurance Company in Dhaka. The couple together has two daughters named Mirza Shamaruh and Mirza Safaruh.
Two sisters attended the University of Dhaka, Shamaruh is a teacher at the Institute and a medical scientist in Australia who was awarded Australian of the Year in 2022, and Safaruh is also a teacher at a school, in Dhaka.
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