Who is Mirza Fakhrul? BNP nominates party's secretary general for presidential election in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party nominated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as its presidential candidate on Thursday, ahead of the August 20 election. He resigned as secretary general and from the Standing Committee following his nomination, as announced by senior party official Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, who is 78 years old, has been nominated as the presidential candidate by Bangladesh's ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His nomination was made after a meeting between senior BNP leaders and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Prime Minister's Secretariat. Alamgir will resign from his position as BNP's secretary general and Standing Committee member.
He is currently serving as the Minster of Local Government and represents the Thakurgaon-1 constituency. Fakhrul began his political career in student politics at the University of Dhaka and has held various ministerial positions in the past. If elected, he would become Bangladesh's 23rd president, succeeding the current president whose term is ending.
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