Mostafa Faruk Mohammad: Difference between revisions

Mohammad was born on 21 March 1942 in Krishnanagar, [[Jhikargachha Upazila]], [[Jessore district]], [[East Bengal]], [[British Raj]].<ref name="star">{{cite news|title=Ex-minister Mostafa Faruk passes away|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/ex-minister-mostafa-faruk-passes-away-1340605|access-date=31 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=5 January 2017}}</ref>

Mohammad ws a diplomat in [[Egypt]], India, Myanmar, Russia and [[Vietnam]]. In 1979, he worked as Bangladesh's alternative representative to the [[United Nation Security Council]].<ref name="star" /> He was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Jessore-2.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former ICT minister Mostafa Faruque Mohammad passes away|url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=632251&date=2017-01-04|access-date=31 March 2018|work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401004439/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=632251&date=2017-01-04|archive-date=1 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Ministry.<ref>{{cite news|title=Make integrated efforts to tackle militancy|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-83976|access-date=31 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=13 April 2009|location=Bangladesh}}</ref> He was made the [[Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (Bangladesh)|minister of information and communication technology]] on 13 September 2012.<ref name="star" />