Muhammad Faruk Khan | |
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মুহাম্মদ ফারুক খান | |
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Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism | |
In office 11 January 2024 –6 August 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | A. K. M. Shahjahan Kamal |
Succeeded by | A. F. Hassan Ariff |
In office 7 December 2011 –21 November 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | GM Quader |
Succeeded by | ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 2 June 1996 –6 August 2024 | |
Preceded by | Sharfuzzaman Jahangir |
Constituency | Gopalganj-1 |
Minister of Commerce | |
In office 6 January 2009 –6 December 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Hossain Zillur Rahman |
Succeeded by | GM Quader |
Personal details | |
Born | Dhaka,East Bengal,Pakistan | 18 September 1951
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Awami League |
Spouse | Nilufar Faruk Khan |
Relations | Muhammed Aziz Khan (Brother) |
Children | 2 |
Website | farukkhan |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
Branch/service | ![]() ![]() |
Years of service | 1971-1995 |
Rank | ![]() |
Unit | Frontier Force Regiment (Before 1972) East Bengal Regiment |
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Battles/wars | Chittagong 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 five consecutive times from Gopalganj-1 and a former Commerce and Industry Secretary of the Awami League. [2]
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]
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]
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]
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]