Fakir Mahbub Anam Swapan

Fakir Mahbub Anam was born to Mokbul Hossain Fakir in Bhuapur in the then Mymensingh District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan (now in Tangail District, Bangladesh).^[5] His uncle, Afazuddin Fakir, was one of the founding members of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-2 constituency winning the 1979 election.^[6] Another uncle, Lokman Hossain Fakir, was a Ekushey Padak winning musician.^[7]

Swapan is a member of the central executive committee of BNP. He contested the 1996 parliamentary election from Tangail-2 as an independent candidate against the official BNP nominee but was defeated. In the 2001 Bangladeshi general election, he was nominated by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) from Tangail-1; however, he lost by a large margin to the Awami League candidate Abdur Razzaq. In that election, a BNP rebel candidate reportedly secured more votes than him. In the 2008 Bangladeshi general election, Swapan again contested as a BNP candidate and was defeated by Razzaq again by a significant margin.

In the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election, held on 13 February 2026, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) again nominated him from Tangail-1. He faced competition from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Muhammad Abdullahahil Kafi and a BNP rebel candidate, Mohammad Ali. It was widely reported in local political circles that Mohammad Ali had greater popularity in Tangail-1. However, for the sake of party unity, Mohammad Ali withdrew his candidacy and extended full support to Fakir. As a result of Mohammad Ali’s withdrawal and support, Fakir ultimately secured victory, despite earlier expectations that he might not win.^[8] Swapan won the Tangail-1 seat with 153,932 votes, defeating his nearest rival, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Muhammad Abdullahil Kafi, who received 94,462 votes.^[9][10] This victory marked the first time in 45 years that BNP reclaimed the seat.^[11] On 17 February, Swapan was sworn in as a full cabinet minister in the newly formed BNP-led government. He was assigned the portfolios of posts, telecommunications, information technology, science and technology.^[12][13][14]