Zaheed Farooque

Zaheed Farooque
জাহিদ ফারুক
Farooque in Dhaka (2021)
Minister of State for Water Resources
In office
7 January 2019 – 6 August 2024
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byMuhammad Nazrul Islam
Succeeded bySyeda Rizwana Hasan
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Barisal-5
In office
5 January 2019 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byJebunnesa Afroz
Personal details
Born (1950-11-26) 26 November 1950 (age 74)
Bakerganj, East Bengal, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Alma materUniversity of Peshawar
Military service
Allegiance Bangladesh
Branch/service Bangladesh Army
Years of service1977 - 2008
Rank Colonel
UnitCorps of Electrical Mechanical Engineers
Commands

Zaheed Farooque (born 26 November 1950)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He is a former State Minister of Water Resources and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Barisal-5 constituency during 2019–2024.[citation needed]

Career

Farooque retired from Bangladesh as a colonel.[2]

Farooque was elected to parliament on 30 December 2018 from Barisal-5 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[3] He was appointed the State Minister of Water Resources in the Fourth Sheikh Hasina Cabinet.[4]

On 23 August 2024, charges were filed against him and at least 377 others for their role in an attack on the offices of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Barisal during the Non-cooperation movement (2024) on 5 August.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Constituency 123_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "সাবেক প্রতিমন্ত্রী জাহিদ ফারুক গ্রেপ্তার". Prothomalo (in Bengali). 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Barishal-5 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Members of new cabinet announced (Full list)". banglanews24.com. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  5. ^ Swapan, Anisur Rahman (22 August 2024). "Case filed against former minister, 377 others for vandalizing BNP office in Barisal". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
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