A. F. M. Fakhrul Islam Munshi | |
Native Name: | আফম ফখরুল ইসলাম মুন্সী |
Office: | Member of Bangladesh Parliament Comilla-4 |
Term Start: | 1986 |
Term Start1: | 1988 |
Office1: | Minister of Shipping and Finance |
Term End: | 1990 |
Term End1: | 1990 |
Birth Date: | 29 November 1947 |
Birth Place: | Debidwar, Tippera District, Chittagong Division, East Bengal, Pakistan |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Otherparty: | Jatiya Party |
Children: | 2, including Razee Mohammad Fakhrul |
A. F. M. Fakhrul Islam Munshi (29 November 1947 – 21 October 2023) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of parliament for Comilla-4 from 1986 to 1990.[1]
Munshi was elected to parliament from Comilla-4 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988.[2] [3] He served as the minister of shipping and finance in the cabinet of President Hussain Mohammad Ershad. He joined the Awami League after his term ended.[4] He was the president of the Bangladesh Agro Processors Association.[5]
Munshi had two sons; the elder son Raquib Mohammad Fakhrul is a businessman, and alumnus of Harvard Business School. Younger son Razee Mohammad Fakhrul is a member of parliament from the Bangladesh Awami League.
Following a stroke, A. F. M. Fakhrul Islam Munshi died in Dhaka on 21 October 2023, at the age of 75.[6]