Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Cox's Bazar-2
- Terms
- 3
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 2
- Education
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- Cabinet role
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Newly returned BNP backbencher; no documented committee assignment or major constituency initiative in the 90-day post-election window; participated in the presidential address thanksgiving debate on 23 April 2026.
Recent activity
- 2026-04-23 speech Participated in parliamentary discussion on the thanksgiving motion regarding the President's speech; listed among BNP lawmakers who contributed to the debate. ↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Sworn in as MP for Cox's Bazar-2 in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, marking his return to parliament after a 20-year absence since the 2001-2006 term. ↗
- 2026-02-13 other Declared winner in Cox's Bazar-2 with 125,262 votes, defeating Jamaat Assistant Secretary General A. H. M. Hamidur Rahman Azad by a majority of 35,628 votes. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Vote counts from Wikipedia (Cox's Bazar-2 article, sourcing EC official results): Farid 125,262 (57.80%), Azad 89,634 (41.36%), Ziaul Haque IAB 3,538 (1.63%); sum = 218,434 valid votes; total cast 225,784 at 60.10% turnout of 375,688 registered electors; winning majority 35,628 (16.44 pp). BSS election-night report cited 125,543 and 91,889 -- these are partial/unofficial tallies that differ from the final EC count used here; Wikipedia figures adopted as primary. Farid born 1 October 1957 in Maheshkhali Upazila, age 68 at verification. He was elected in 1996 (44,445 votes) and 2001 (103,503 votes), making 2026 his third term. EC affidavit PDF not publicly accessible; wealth_disclosed_bdt null. criminal_cases field notes publicly reported ACC and RAB actions from 2007-2019; current legal status as of 2026 not confirmed. committee_memberships for 13th parliament not yet announced in open sources as of 2026-05-17. Hamidur Rahman Azad (Jamaat Assistant Secretary General) had his nomination briefly cancelled then reinstated before polling (Prothom Alo, TBS). IAB candidate Ziaul Haque placed third with 1.63%. BNP won all four Cox's Bazar seats in 2026 (TBS).
Sources
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360857
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox%27s_Bazar-2
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamgir_Mohammad_Mahfuzullah_Farid
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/bnp-secures-clean-sweep-across-coxs-bazar-constituencies-1360506
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/bcs5o2p0cq
- https://www.bssnews.net/js-session/380885
- https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/corruption/2019/11/07/acc-interrogates-former-bnp-lawmaker