Fazal Ahmed (born 1941) is a
Rohingya
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lawyer
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and former politician in
Myanmar
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. He was a leader of the
National Democratic Party for Human Rights (NDPHR). He was elected as
Parliament of Myanmar MP during the
1990 Burmese general election
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.
[http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs08/mag_arakan01-09.pdf ]
Early life
Ahmed was born in 1941 in the village of Basuba in
Maungdaw
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Arakan Division, which was part of
British Burma
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, at the time. His father's name was Mohammed Kalu. Ahmed attended the State High School of Maungdaw. After completing his high school education, he joined the Deputy Commissioner's Office in Maungdaw as a clerk in 1960. Over the years, he served in various offices in Maungdaw, Buthidaung, Kyauk Taw, Kaukpyu, Taungup, and Sittwe in Arakan State. Subsequently, Ahmed passed the higher-grade pleader (HGP) examination and began working as a private lawyer. He also had a stint working in the office of the Deputy Commissioner in Maungdaw.
Political career
Ahmed was a member of the Central Executive Committee of the NDPHR. Ahmed contested the 1990 general election from Maungdaw-2 constituency. He won the election with a mandate of 24,833 votes out of 58,230 votes.
He was one of the four NDPHR MPs in the Burmese parliament.
Detention
The Burmese military junta banned NDPHR in 1992. Ahmed was arrested and tortured.
See also
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Rohingya people
The Rohingya people () are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma). Before the Rohingya genocide in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Bangladesh, an ...
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Rohingya politicians
Burmese Muslims
People from Maungdaw
1941 births
Living people