| Zaheed Farooque | |
| Native Name: | জাহিদ ফারুক |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Minister of State for Water Resources |
| Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
| Term Start: | 7 January 2019 |
| Term End: | 6 August 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Muhammad Nazrul Islam |
| Successor: | Syeda Rizwana Hasan |
| Constituency Mp1: | Barisal-5 |
| Parliament1: | Bangladesh |
| Term Start1: | 5 January 2019 |
| Term End1: | 6 August 2024 |
| Predecessor1: | Jebunnesa Afroz |
| Birth Date: | 26 November 1950 |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Alma Mater: | University of Peshawar |
| Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Serviceyears: | 1977 - 2008 |
| Rank: | Colonel |
| Unit: | Corps of Electrical Mechanical Engineers |
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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.
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]