Fakir Mahbub Anam Swapan
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Tangail-1
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- ৳39,265,000
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- —
- Cabinet role
- Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology; Minister for Science and Technology
Serving as dual minister (ICT + Science and Technology) in PM Tarique Rahman's cabinet; priority is expanding ICT services to upazila level.
Recent activity
- 2026-05-16 statement As chief guest at a Shilpakala Academy discussion commemorating lyricist Lokman Hossain Fakir, urged JASAS to protect folk culture and pledged ministerial support for district-level cultural programs. ↗
- 2026-05-09 statement Said the government will continue supporting cable operators in resolving operational problems, noting the cable, ISP and broadcasting sectors provide employment to millions. ↗
- 2026-04-11 statement Stated the government is working to ensure uninterrupted and affordable internet services for all citizens. ↗
- 2026-04-04 other Inaugurated the 6th Young Scientist Congress at the National Science and Technology Complex, Agargaon; urged young scientists to apply overseas knowledge to national development. ↗
- 2026-03-21 constituency_visit Attended a doa and remembrance meeting at BNP office in Dhanbari upazila; urged party activists to maintain unity and resolve internal disagreements through internal discussion; pledged to fulfill campaign promises by priority. ↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Sworn in as Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Minister for Science and Technology in PM Tarique Rahman's cabinet. ↗
Provenance & notes
CONSTITUENCY NUMBER CORRECTION: The task brief specified constituency 154, but Tangail-1 is EC constituency number 130. This is confirmed independently by the Wikipedia Tangail-1 article (states it falls within the Mymensingh Division seat range 130-167), the List of members of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad Wikipedia article (lists Fakir Mahbub Anam Swapan at constituency 130), and viewsbangladesh.com which explicitly maps Tangail-1 to seat 130. Constituency 154 is a different seat (likely in the Mymensingh range). The file is named cnst_154.json per the task instruction but the constituency_number field is set to the correct value of 130. Vote counts (153,932 winner, 94,462 runner-up) confirmed by BSS primary source and Wikipedia. vote_share_percent, runner_up_vote_share, total_valid_votes, and margin_percent are null: no primary source provides total valid votes for this constituency, so share calculations cannot be verified. wealth_disclosed_bdt (39,265,000 BDT) sourced from dailyictpost citing EC affidavit; the full PDF (ministry site) was not parseable. criminal_cases: no cases found across any source. education: Wikipedia carries no education details in the article; the BSc/Automobile Engineering claim found in one AI-generated profile summary is unverified and omitted. Born 5 March 1953 in Bhuapur Upazila (then Mymensingh District, now Tangail District); father was Mokbul Hossain Fakir. Swapan is a first-term MP; the 1996 and 2001/2008 contests were all losses. Upazilas Madhupur and Dhanbari confirmed by Wikipedia and EC. No boundary change in 2024 found in any source.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangail-1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fakir_Mahbub_Anam_Swapan
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360503
- https://viewsbangladesh.com/13th-national-parliament-elections-tangail-district/
- https://dailyictpost.com/fakir-bangladesh-ict-minister-2026-full-profile/
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/370784
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/374371
- https://www.bssnews.net/others/387659