Mohammad Mosaddak Ali (born 7 April 1960),[1] also known as Phalu, is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur and a politician[2] who was a former parliamentarian from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

[3] He served as the political secretary to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia between 2001 and 2004.

[4] He was responsible for building special relations and partnership for development between the government and the private sector that is interested in investing in new and highly potential industrial sectors, and introducing new products and services to local industries, at a time when Bangladesh's economic growth accelerated.

His father Alhaj Abdul Mannan was a businessman and social worker and mother Mrs Ramon Bibi a housewife and they had six children.

[citation needed] When Khaleda Zia was sworn in as Prime Minister in 2001,[6] Ali was appointed her political secretary, a position he held until he resigned for contesting a by-election in Dhaka in 2004.

[citation needed] The BNP central committee later declared Ali as vice president.

[12] Ali took oath as Member of Parliament (MP) from the then Speaker Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar on 3 July 2004.

In light of Khaleda's two-way loyalty strategy[13] Ali was allowed to contest for the 2004 by-election of the Dhaka-10 constituency when BNP parliamentarian M A Mannan's defection to Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh meant that the seat was vacant (defection from a political party automatically results in the parliament seat to be vacated under Article 70 of the Constitution[14]).

[21] He has founded, under the regulatory control of the Mosaddak Ali Foundation, Abdus Sobhan Madrasa and Orphanage; Ramon Bibi Women Madrasa and Orphanage; Abdul Mannan Degree College, Savar, Dhaka; Shishu Swastho Kendra (Mother and Child Health Centre) Savar, Dhaka; and Mahbuba Child Care Savar, Dhaka.

[25] The probe committee of the 2011 share market scam in Bangladesh identified Ali among the 20 individuals involved in masterminding the scam to their personal benefits;[26][27] The chairman of the investigation committee, Khondokar Ibrahim Khaled denied the allegation.

[26] The probe committee found Falu, among others, to operate multiple omnibus accounts used to perform the chicanery.