Faridpur District is a district in south-central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. It is bounded by the Padma River to the northeast. The district was named for its headquarters Faridpur town, which itself was named for Farīd-ud-Dīn Masʿūd, a 13th-century Sufi saint. A separate district was created by severing Dhaka district in 1786 and was called Dacca Jelalpur. A municipality was established in 1869. Historically, the town was known as Fatehabad. It was also called Haveli Mahal Fatehabad.
The Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League was a political front comprising the Bangladesh Awami League, the Communist Party of Bangladesh, the National Awami Party (Muzaffar) and Bangladesh Jatiya League.
Golam Maula Rony is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member from Patuakhali-3 constituency representing Bangladesh Awami League. He joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party in November 2018.
Kazi Zafarullah is a Bangladeshi industrialist and politician. He is a presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League, its central executive committee. He was Member of Parliament from Faridpur-5.
Chowdhury is a title of honour, usually hereditary, originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is an adaption from Sanskrit. During the Mughal rule, it was a title awarded to eminent people, while during British rule, the term was associated with zamindars and social leaders. The common female equivalent was Chowdhurani.
Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi politician. She served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Faridpur-2 constituency from 2008 till her death in 2022. She also served as the Environment and Forest Minister of Bangladesh during 1996–2001.
The Sheikh family of Tungipara is one of the two most prominent Bangladeshi political families, other being the Zia family. The family primarily consists of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana and their relatives. Their political involvement has traditionally revolved around the Bangladesh Awami League.
The Nawabs of Dhanbari, also known as the Chowdhury family of Dhanbari, were a Bengali aristocratic family of feudal landowners. The zamindari estate encompassed parts of the Tangali, Jamalpur, Mymensingh and Pabna District, particularly around Dhanbari. Although their aristocratic status was lost with the East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950, the Dhanbari estate remains an important part of the history of Tangail and tourist attraction.
Syeda Saira Mohsin is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and former Member of Parliament in Bangladesh.
Shah Muhammad Abu Zafar is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a 3-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Faridpur-1 constituency.
Faridpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh.
Faridpur-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2014 by independent politician Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury.
Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Faridpur-4 constituency.
Showkat Hasanur Rahman Rimon is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and former Member of Parliament from Barguna-2.
Syed Rahmatur Rob Irtiza Ahsan was a Bangladeshi politician and a former member of parliament for Barguna-2.
Syed Qamarul Ahsan was a Bengali politician and litterateur. He was a Member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan, representing the Sylhet-V (Habiganj) constituency.
In 2023, by-elections are scheduled to be held for vacant seats in the Jatiya Sangsad, the legislative body of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. In the Jatiya Sangsad, MPs for 300 seats are elected directly and MPs for 50 reserved women seats are elected indirectly by the MPs, thus popular by-elections are only held in the direct seats. As the 11th parliament is scheduled to be expire on 29 January 2024 and the Election Commission has announced to hold the next Bangladeshi general election between late December 2023 to early January 2024, all candidates elected by these by-polls will be members of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad.
