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Syed Wahidul Alam

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Syed Wahidul Alam
সৈয়দ ওয়াহিদুল আলম
Member of Parliament
In office
27 February 1991 – 29 October 2006
Preceded byAnisul Islam Mahmud
Succeeded byAnisul Islam Mahmud
ConstituencyChittagong-5
Personal details
BornChittagong
Died27 May 2018
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Syed Wahidul Alam (Bengali: সৈয়দ ওয়াহিদুল আলম) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Chittagong-5.[1]

Career

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Alam was an active Liberation War activist during 1971. He was the former Member of Parliament for Chittagong-5 (Hathazari).[2] He served from 1991 to 2006.[3] He was also the whip of the parliament.[4]

Personal life

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Alam has two daughters. Elder daughter Shakila Farzana, is a barrister and was joint general secretary of the Supreme Court wing of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad, a pro-BNP lawyers’ body.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Former whip Wahidul Alam dies". The Daily Star. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  2. ^ "15 BNP candidates in Ctg, one for alliance". The Daily Star. 30 November 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Who is Shakila Farzana?". Dhaka Tribune. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2017.