Osman Faruk

Osman Faruk
ওসমান ফারুক
Faruk in 2012
Minister of Education
In office 10 October 2001 – 29 October 2006
Prime Minister	Khaleda Zia
Preceded by	ASHK Sadek
Succeeded by	Nurul Islam Nahid
Member of Parliament for Kishoreganj-4
In office 28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006
Preceded by	Mizanul Haque
Succeeded by	Abdul Hamid
Personal details
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Osman Faruk is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former minister of education of Bangladesh.^[1] He served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Kishoreganj-4 constituency.^[2]

Career

In 2016, he was investigated for war crimes during the Bangladesh Liberation War.^[3] He has denied involvement in war crimes.^[4] He is an adviser to the former prime minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia.^[5]

References

1. "ICT to probe war crimes charges against Osman Faruk". Samakal. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
2. "List of 8th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
3. "BNP: Allegations against Dr Osman Faruk absurd". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
4. "Baseless, BNP's Faruk says on anti-liberation allegations". The Daily Star. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
5. "War crimes allegation against Osman 'funny': BNP". New Age. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2017.