Zaheed Farooque | |
Native Name: | জাহিদ ফারুক |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | Minister of State for Water Resources |
Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
Term Start: | 7 January 2019 |
Term End: | 6 August 2024 |
Predecessor: | Muhammad Nazrul Islam |
Constituency Mp1: | Barisal-5 |
Parliament1: | Bangladesh |
Term Start1: | 5 January 2019 |
Term End1: | 6 August 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Jebunnesa Afroz |
Birth Date: | 26 November 1950 |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Alma Mater: | University of Peshawar |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Serviceyears: | 1977 - 2008 |
Rank: | Colonel |
Unit: | Corps of Electrical Mechanical Engineers |
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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.
Colonel (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]