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Zaheed Farooque
Zaheed Farooque (born 26 November 1950)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who is the incumbent State Minister of Water Resources and Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Barisal-5 constituency since January 2019.
Zaheed Farooque | |
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জাহিদ ফারুক | |
Farooque in Dhaka (2021) | |
| Minister of State for Water Resources | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Nazrul Islam |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Assumed office 5 January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jebunnesa Afroz |
| Constituency | Barisal-5 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 November 1950 Bakerganj, East Bengal, Pakistan (now Barisal, Bangladesh) |
| 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 |
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Career edit
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]
References edit
- ^ "Constituency 123_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ^ "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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