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Muhammad Faruk Khan
মুহাম্মদ ফারুক খান
Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
In office
11 January 2024 – 6 August 2024
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byA. K. M. Shahjahan Kamal
In office
7 December 2011 – 21 November 2013
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byGM Quader
Succeeded byABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Gopalganj-1
In office
2 June 1996 – 6 August 2024
Preceded bySharfuzzaman Jahangir
Minister of Commerce
In office
6 January 2009 – 6 December 2011
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byHossain Zillur Rahman
Succeeded byGM Quader
Personal details
Born (1951-09-18) 18 September 1951 (age 73)
Dhaka, East Bengal, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyAwami League
SpouseNilufar Faruk Khan
RelationsMuhammed Aziz Khan (Brother)
Children2
Websitefarukkhan.com
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan (Before 1972)
 Bangladesh
Branch/service Pakistan Army
 Bangladesh Army
Years of service1971-1995
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
UnitFrontier Force Regiment (Before 1972)
East Bengal Regiment
Commands
Battles/warsChittagong Hill Tracts Conflict

Faruk Khan (born 18 September 1951) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism of Bangladesh Government.[1] Khan is a former parliament member for five consecutive times from Gopalganj-1 and a former Commerce and Industry Secretary of the Awami League.[2]

Early life

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Khan was born on 18 September 1951 in Dhaka to his parents Serajul Karim Khan and mother Khaleda Karim Khan. He holds a master's in defense studies from the Defense Services and Staff College in Mirpur.[3]

Career

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Khan was commissioned from 44 Pakistan Military Academy long course in the corps of infantry on 26 March 1971. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel on 15 May 1995 from Bangladesh Army.[4][5]

Khan was a parliament member. He became gopalganj-1 MP. He also held cabinet portfolio of Civil Aviation and Tourism, and Commerce. He was elected from the seat of Gopalganj-1[6] with 99% votes the third time in a row at 29 December 2008's National Election. Khan pledged that the reduction of prices of basic foods and commodities are a priority in his term.[7]

Khan was arrested in October 2024 from his home in Dhaka Cantonment following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.[8]

Personal life

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Khan is married to Nilufer Faruk Khan, a social worker. Together they have two daughters, Qantara K Khan and Qareena K Khan.[9] His father, Sirajul Karim Khan, was an army officer and mother was Khaleda Karim Khan.[10]

Criticism

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Farooq Khan was working as a Pakistani Army officer in Dinajpur during the Liberation War. On December 14, 1971, Pakistan's 23 Punjab Battalion surrendered to the Indian Army. Farooq Khan was in that battalion and somehow managed not to be taken as a Pakistani prisoner of war by identifying himself as a Bengali officer. The Indian Army sent him to Delhi on December 15. When the country became independent on December 16, Farooq was sent to the office of the Bangladesh High Commissioner, Hossain Ali, in Kolkata. Then he returned to Bangladesh through Benapole port on January 14.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ "Ministry of Commerce- - বাণিজ্য মন্ত্রণালয়-". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ^ Central Committee of Bangladesh Awami League Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Faruk Khan dot com". Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. ^ Ahmed, Hafez. "BD a secular country with steady economic dev: Faruk". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Lt. Col. Muhammad Faruk Khan (Retd.), MP, Hon'ble Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism visits the Embassy and is received by the Ambassador – Embassy of Bangladesh Tokyo". bdembjp.mofa.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Bangladesh Election Commission: Asset Database". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Personal Information of Candidates of National Election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  8. ^ "Ex-minister Faruk Khan arrested". The Business Standard. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Cabinet Ministers". Probe. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Siraj-Khaleda Trust". Siraj-Khaleda Trust. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  11. ^ "পাকিস্তানের হয়ে যুদ্ধ করেন ফারুখ খান, অথচ তিনি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা" [Farooq Khan fought for Pakistan, yet he is considered a freedom fighter!]. www.kalerkantho.com. 27 October 2024. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  12. ^ Biswas, Dr. Sukumar (2004). মুক্তিযুদ্ধে দিনাজপুর [Dinajpur in the Liberation War] (in Bengali). Dhaka: Mowla Brothers. ISBN 984-410-393-2.
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