Zainul Abdin Farroque | |
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জয়নুল আবেদীন ফারুক | |
Member of National Parliament | |
In office 29 December 2008 – 9 January 2014 | |
Preceded by | MA Hashem |
Succeeded by | Morshed Alam |
Constituency | Noakhali-2 |
In office 20 March 1991 – 29 October 2006 | |
Preceded by | Moudud Ahmed |
Succeeded by | Mahbub Uddin Khokon |
Constituency | Noakhali-1 |
Personal details | |
Born | Noakhali District, East Pakistan | 10 December 1949
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Mukti Bahini |
Battles/wars | Bangladesh Liberation War |
Zainul Abdin Farroque is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Member of National Parliament for Noakhali-2 and Noakhali-1.[1][2]
Zainul Abdin Farroque was born on 10 December 1949.[3]
In 2009, Farroque was elected to parliament as an opposition member and appointed the opposition whip. On 6 July 2011 he was injured by members of Bangladesh Police in an opposition demonstration near the Bangladesh Parliament.[4] He sued the police officers involved and filled a 100 million taka lawsuit against the government. The case was dismissed after investigators submitted a Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Hasibul Haque blaming Farroque for the incident.[5]
Farroque was arrested on 3 July 2017 by Bangladesh Police on cases that accused him of sabotage during protests against the government.[6] He was granted bail on 6 September 2017 in two cases over protests against the Bangladesh Awami League government.[7] He is an adviser to former prime minister and chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Khaleda Zia.[8]