Afazuddin Fakir
Afazuddin Fakir | |
|---|---|
| Member of Bangladesh Parliament | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1925 |
| Party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Afazuddin Fakir (born 1925) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Tangail-2.
Life and career
Fakir was born in 1925 at Nikrail in what was then Mymensingh district (now Tangail District, Bangladesh). He graduated in 1945 and started a jute business in Narayanganj.[1]
As an independent candidate he was elected a member of the National Assembly for constituency Mymensingh-II in 1965.[1]
Fakir was a member of the national committee. He sent a letter to the president of Pakistan, Yahya Khan, asking him to deescalate the situation in East Pakistan on 13 March 1971 before the start of Bangladesh Liberation war.[2][3] He was elected to parliament from Tangail-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979.[4]
References
- ^ a b Nuruzzaman, Mohammad (1968). Who's Who. The Eastern Publications. p. 22. OCLC 46205.
- ^ "March 13, 1971: Civilian staff of military warned". The Daily Star. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "March 13, 1971". The Daily Star. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.