Zaheed Farooque

{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[Colonel (Bangladesh)|Colonel]] | name = Zaheed Farooque | native_name = {{no bold|জাহিদ ফারুক}} | native_name_lang = bn | image = Zaheed Farooque Dhaka 2021.jpg | caption = Farooque in Dhaka (2021) | office = [[Ministry of Water Resources (Bangladesh)|Minister of State for Water Resources]] | prime_minister = [[Sheikh Hasina]] | term_start = 7 January 2019 | term_end = 6 August 2024 | predecessor = [[Muhammad Nazrul Islam]] | successor = [[Syeda Rizwana Hasan]] | office1 = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | constituency1 = [[Barisal-5]] | term_start1 = 5 January 2019 | term_end1 = 6 August 2024 | predecessor1 = [[Jebunnesa Afroz]] | successor1 = Vacant | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|11|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bakerganj Upazila|Bakerganj]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]] | alma_mater = [[University of Peshawar]] | party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]] | allegiance = {{BAN}} | branch = {{army|Bangladesh}} | service_years = 1977 - 2008 | rank = [[Colonel (Bangladesh)|Colonel]] | unit = Corps of Electrical Mechanical Engineers | commands = *Commandant of [[Rajendrapur Cantonment|902nd Central EME Workshop]] * Commandant of [[Saidpur Cantonment|EME Centre and School]] }}

'''Zaheed Farooque''' (born 26 November 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3683 |title=Constituency 123_11th_En |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=2020-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627022950/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3683 |archive-date=27 June 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician. He is a former [[Ministry of Water Resources (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Water Resources]] and a former [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Barisal-5]] constituency during 2019–2024.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

==Career== Farooque retired from Bangladesh as a colonel.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-22 |script-title=bn:সাবেক প্রতিমন্ত্রী জাহিদ ফারুক গ্রেপ্তার |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/ib85z8i709 |access-date=2024-09-22 |work=Prothom Alo |language=bn}}</ref>

Farooque was elected to parliament on 30 December 2018 from Barisal-5 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Barishal-5 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Barishal-5&d=barishal |access-date=24 February 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=25 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He was appointed the State Minister of Water Resources in the [[Fourth Sheikh Hasina Cabinet]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Members of new cabinet announced (Full list) |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/national/article/73335/New-members-of-cabinet-announced-Full-list |access-date=24 February 2019 |work=banglanews24.com |date=6 January 2019 |language=en |archive-date=24 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224173648/https://www.banglanews24.com/national/article/73335/New-members-of-cabinet-announced-Full-list |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swapan |first=Anisur Rahman |date=22 August 2024 |title=Case filed against former minister, 377 others for vandalizing BNP office in Barisal |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/355839/case-filed-against-former-minister-377-others-for |access-date=23 August 2024 |website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>

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