Zaheed Farooque

Zaheed Farooque 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.

Career

Farooque retired from Bangladesh as a colonel.
Farooque was elected to parliament on 30 December 2018 from Barisal-5 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. He was appointed the State Minister of Water Resources in the Fourth [Sheikh Hasina Cabinet].
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.