Zaheed Farooque

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]}

Colonel Zaheed Farooque
জাহিদ ফারুক
Farooque in Dhaka (2021)
Minister of State for Water Resources
In office 7 January 2019 – 6 August 2024
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Muhammad Nazrul Islam
Succeeded by	Syeda Rizwana Hasan
Member of Parliament
In office 5 January 2019 – 6 August 2024
Preceded by	Jebunnesa Afroz
Succeeded by	Vacant
Constituency	Barisal-5
Personal details
Born	(1950-11-26) 26 November 1950 (age 74) Bakerganj, East Bengal, Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
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	Commandant of 902nd Central EME Workshop Commandant of EME Centre and School

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]