Zaheed Farooque (born 26 November 1950)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who is the former State Minister of Water Resources and Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Barisal-5 constituency since January 2019.[citation needed]
Zaheed Farooque | |
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জাহিদ ফারুক | |
Minister of State for Water Resources | |
In office 7 January 2019 – 5 August 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Muhammad Nazrul Islam |
Succeeded by | TBD |
Member of Parliament | |
Assumed office 5 January 2019 | |
Preceded by | Jebunnesa Afroz |
Constituency | Barisal-5 |
Personal details | |
Born | Bakerganj, East Bengal, Pakistan (now Barisal, Bangladesh) | 26 November 1950
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Alma mater | University of Peshawar |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Bangladesh |
Branch/service | Bangladesh Army |
Years of service | 1977 - 2008 |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | Corps of Electrical Mechanical Engineers |
Commands |
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Career
editColonel (Retd) Farooque was elected to the parliament on 30 December 2018 from Barisal-5 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[2] He was appointed the State Minister of Water Resources in the Fourth Sheikh Hasina Cabinet.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Constituency 123_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Barishal-5 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Members of new cabinet announced (Full list)". banglanews24.com. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
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