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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (born 1951)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[Lieutenant Colonel]]
| honorific-suffix =
| name = Muhammad Faruk Khan
| native_name = {{no bold|মুহাম্মদ ফারুক খান }}
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = File:Muhammad Faruk Khan Speaking At Metropolitan Christian Co-operative Housing Society Meeting Dhaka 2024-05-31 (PID-0008219) (cropped).jpg
| office = [[Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism]]
| primeminister = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| term_start = 11 January 2024
| term_end = 6 August 2024
| predecessor = [[A. K. M. Shahjahan Kamal]]
| successor = [[A. F. Hassan Ariff]]
| primeminister1 = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| term_start1 = 7 December 2011
| term_end1 = 21 November 2013
| predecessor1 = [[GM Quader]]
| successor1 = [[ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency2 = [[Gopalganj-1]]
| parliament2 = Bangladesh
| term_start2 = 2 June 1996
| term_end2 = 6 August 2024
| predecessor2 = [[Sharfuzzaman Jahangir]]
|successor2 = [[Md. Selimuzzaman Mollah]]
| office3 = [[Minister of Commerce (Bangladesh)|Minister of Commerce]]
| primeminister3 = Sheikh Hasina
| term_start3 = 6 January 2009
| term_end3 = 6 December 2011
| predecessor3 = [[Hossain Zillur Rahman]]
| successor3 = GM Quader
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|9|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| party = [[Awami League]]
| spouse = Nilufar Faruk Khan
| children = 2
| relations = [[Muhammed Aziz Khan]] (Brother)
| allegiance = {{PAK}} (before 1972)<br>{{BAN}}
| branch = {{army|Pakistan}}<br>{{army|Bangladesh}}
| serviceyears = 1971-1995
| rank = [[File:Bangladesh-army-OF-4.svg|20px]] [[Lieutenant Colonel]]
| unit = [[Frontier Force Regiment]]<br>[[East Bengal Regiment]]
| commands = *CO of 14th [[East Bengal Regiment]]
*[[Quartermaster General|AQ]] of [[24th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)|24th Infantry Division]]
*Station Commander, [[Comilla Cantonment|Comilla]]
| battles = [[Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict]]
| website =
| caption = Khan in 2024
}}

'''Faruk Khan''' ({{langx|bn|ফারুক খান}}; born 18 September 1951) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former [[Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism (Bangladesh)|Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism]] of [[Politics of Bangladesh|Bangladesh Government]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mincom.gov.bd |title=Ministry of Commerce- - বাণিজ্য মন্ত্রণালয়- |accessdate=5 October 2016}}</ref> Khan is a former parliament member five consecutive times from [[Gopalganj-1]] and a former Commerce and Industry Secretary of the [[Awami League]].<ref>[http://www.albd.org/autoalbd/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=135&Itemid=52 Central Committee of Bangladesh Awami League] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629034902/http://www.albd.org/autoalbd/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=135&Itemid=52 |date=2011-06-29 }}</ref>

==Early life==
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.farukkhan.com|title=Faruk Khan dot com|accessdate=5 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128034951/http://farukkhan.com/|archive-date=28 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Career ==
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.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://print.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/old/more.php?news_id=134222&date=2012-06-24|title=BD a secular country with steady economic dev: Faruk|last=Ahmed |first=Hafez |work=The Financial Express |location=Dhaka |access-date=2016-12-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bdembjp.mofa.gov.bd/index.php/2016/09/26/lt-col-muhammad-faruk-khan-retd-mp-honble-chairman-of-parliamentary-standing-committee-on-the-ministry-of-civil-aviation-and-tourism-visits-the-embassy-and-is-received-by-the-ambassador/|title=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|website=bdembjp.mofa.gov.bd|access-date=2016-12-19|archive-date=2016-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220155949/http://bdembjp.mofa.gov.bd/index.php/2016/09/26/lt-col-muhammad-faruk-khan-retd-mp-honble-chairman-of-parliamentary-standing-committee-on-the-ministry-of-civil-aviation-and-tourism-visits-the-embassy-and-is-received-by-the-ambassador/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Khan was stationed in [[Dinajpur]] during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. On December 14, 1971, the 23 Punjab Battalion of the [[Pakistani Army]] surrendered to the Indian Army. Khan, who was part of that battalion, was reportedly able to avoid being detained as a prisoner of war by identifying himself as a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] officer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-27 |title=পাকিস্তানের হয়ে যুদ্ধ করেন ফারুখ খান, অথচ তিনি মুক্তিযোদ্ধা |trans-title=Farooq Khan fought for Pakistan, yet he is considered a freedom fighter! |url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/national/2024/10/27/1439727 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205155407/https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/national/2024/10/27/1439727 |archive-date=2024-12-05 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=www.kalerkantho.com}}</ref>

The following day, December 15, he was sent to [[Delhi]] by the Indian authorities, and following the [[Independence of Bangladesh]] on December 16, Khan was transferred to the office of the Bangladesh High Commissioner in [[Kolkata]]. He later returned to Bangladesh via [[Benapole]] on January 14.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Biswas |first=Dr. Sukumar |title=মুক্তিযুদ্ধে দিনাজপুর |publisher=Mowla Brothers |year=2004 |isbn=984-410-393-2 |location=[[Dhaka]] |language=bn |trans-title=Dinajpur in the Liberation War}}</ref>

Khan served as the [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|member of parliament]] for [[Gopalganj-1]] constituency and later served as the [[Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism]] and the [[Minister of Commerce (Bangladesh)|Minister of Commerce]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/asset/index.php?lang=en |title=Bangladesh Election Commission: Asset Database |accessdate=5 October 2016 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201412/http://123.49.39.5/asset/index.php?lang=en |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/asset/pdfs/35/350002150174N.pdf |title=Personal Information of Candidates of National Election |access-date=2009-03-10 |archive-date=2011-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528223419/http://123.49.39.5/asset/pdfs/35/350002150174N.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Khan is married to Nilufer Faruk Khan, a social worker. Together they have two daughters, Qantara K Khan and Qareena K Khan.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=4861 |title=Cabinet Ministers |magazine=Probe |accessdate=5 October 2016 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715120726/http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=4861 |archive-date=15 July 2011}}</ref> His father, Sirajul Karim Khan, was an army officer and mother was Khaleda Karim Khan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Siraj-Khaleda Trust |url=https://www.siraj-khaledatrust.org/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Siraj-Khaleda Trust}}</ref>

== Criticism ==
Khan was arrested in October 2024 from his residence in [[Dhaka Cantonment]] following the [[Resignation of Sheikh Hasina|fall of Sheikh Hasina]] led [[Fifth Hasina ministry|Awami League government]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-15 |title=Ex-minister Faruk Khan arrested |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/crime/ex-minister-faruk-khan-arrested-966951 |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://feeds.feedburner.com/FarukKhan Commerce Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan - Google News]

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