Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid

Alamgir Mohammad Mahfuzullah Farid is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament from Cox's Bazar-2. Apart from his political career, Farid is also an advocate registered with the Cox’s Bazar Bar Council.

Career

Farid was elected to parliament in 1996 from Cox's Bazar-2 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was reelected from Cox's Bazar-2 in 2001. He served on the Public Undertaking Committee in the Parliament.
Farid was listed as serial no. 122 on the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's National Executive Committee, confirming his membership in the party’s top policymaking body.

Alamgir Md Mahfujullah Farid was born into a family of eight siblings — four brothers and four sisters. His eldest brother, the late Sirajul Haque, served as a union parishad chairman. His second brother, the late Akramul Haque, was an officer in the Department of Agricultural Extension. Farid is the third among the brothers. His youngest brother, Mohammad Shahidullah, was also chairman of Boro Moheshkhali Union Parishad in Cox’s Bazar. He also has four sisters.

On 13 May 2007, he was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion on corruption charges. He was arrested on 5 extortion cases filed against him in Moheshkhali Police Station on 15 April 2007. The Anti-Corruption Commission filed charges against him and his wife for corruption on 29 April 2008.