Mohammad Manjur Alam aka M. Manjur Alam () is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman. He is the former

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Chittagong Chittagong ( ), officially Chattogram, (, ) (, or ) is the second-largest city in Bangladesh. Home to the Port of Chittagong, it is the busiest port in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. The city is also the business capital of Bangladesh. It ...

and managing director of Mostafa-Hakim Group.

Political career

Alam was elected

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of North Kattali Ward on 30 January 1994 with the support of Bangladesh Awami League. He was re-elected twice with the support of Awami League. After ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury was imprisoned by the Caretaker Government during the 2007-2008 Bangladeshi political crises, Alam became the acting mayor. During that time Alam's relationship with Mohiuddin deteriorated. Alam sought the nomination of Bangladesh Nationalist Party to contest the 9th parliamentary election from Chittagong-8. He did not get the nomination. Alam was elected Mayor of Chittagong in 2010 as a candidate of Chattagram Unnayan Andolon and backed by Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He won after defeating

ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury (; 1 December 1944 – 15 December 2017) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was the mayor of Chittagong, the second-largest city in Bangladesh, for three consecutive terms. Early life Chowdhury was born ...

, backed by Awami League. In 2015, Alam lost the re-election to Awami League backed candidate AJM Nasir Uddin. Alam boycotted voting alleging irregularities. According to Bdnews24.com, there was vote rigging in some polling stations by Awami League, which was in power at national government level. Alam runs the Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Memorial Foundation. He has announced that he has retired from politics and will engage in social work. But he participated in the 2024 Bangladeshi General Election as an independent candidate from the Chattogram-10 constituency.

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Awami League politicians Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians People from Chittagong Mayors of Chattogram City Corporation People from Sitakunda Upazila {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub