Muhammad Osman Faruk
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Kishoreganj-3
- Terms
- 2
- Disclosed wealth
- ৳667,750,000
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- Matriculation St. Gregory's School 1956; Intermediate Dhaka College 1958; BSc Economics University of Dhaka 1961; MSc Economics University of Dhaka 1962; MS Agricultural Economics University of Texas 1964; PhD Agricultural Economics Cornell University 1970
- Cabinet role
- —
Newly sworn MP; no public committee assignment or parliamentary speech confirmed as of 2026-05-17. War crimes investigation by the Crimes Against Humanity Investigation Agency (pre-election probe at final stage) remains unresolved.
Recent activity
- 2026-02-17 appointment Took oath as MP for 13th Jatiya Sangsad; at 85 years old, the oldest newly elected member of parliament. ↗
- 2026-02-12 vote Elected from Kishoreganj-3 (Karimganj-Tarail) with 112,466 votes, defeating Jamaat-e-Islami's Col. (Retd.) Jihad Khan (102,476 votes). ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Constituency number 164 confirmed by Wikipedia (Kishoreganj-3 article) -- matches the number given in the task. Upazilas Karimganj and Tarail confirmed by Wikipedia and multiple sources. Winner vote count (112,466) confirmed by Observer BD and Daily Country Today; runner-up Jihad Khan (Jamaat-e-Islami Col. Retd.) with 102,476 votes confirmed by both sources. Total valid votes and vote-share percentages are not available from verified primary sources and are left null rather than imputed. Margin in raw votes: 9,990. Wealth (66.775 crore BDT = BDT 667,750,000) is from EC nomination affidavit as reported by BDDigest; affidavit also shows zero income tax paid. criminal_cases is empty because no formal criminal charge sheet from a court was confirmed from EC affidavit sources; however, the Crimes Against Humanity Investigation Agency had an ongoing probe (at final stage pre-election per Bangladesh Post) against Faruk over 1971 war crimes allegations in Mymensingh Agricultural University area -- he denied all allegations (Daily Star). Wikipedia Osman Faruk article incorrectly lists his 8th Sangsad constituency as Kishoreganj-3; the Wikipedia 8th Sangsad members list and tritiyomatra.com both confirm it was Kishoreganj-4 (constituency 168); his 2026 win from Kishoreganj-3 is his second MP term overall. He served as Education Minister 10 October 2001 to 29 October 2006 under PM Khaleda Zia (Wikipedia, BDDigest). No cabinet role in 13th parliament confirmed. Committee assignments for 13th parliament not yet publicly available as of 2026-05-17. Born July 18, 1940; confirmed by Observer BD and tritiyomatra.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishoreganj-3
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_Faruk
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_8th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://www.observerbd.com/news/566089
- https://dailycountrytodaybd.com/story/dr.-m-osman-faruk-wins-in-kishoreganj-3
- https://en.bddigest.com/war-criminal-osman-faruk-quietly-joins-bnp-again-contesting-from-kishoreganj-as-bnp-candidate/
- https://www.tritiyomatra.com/profile/303
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/former-education-minister-osman-faruk-face-war-crimes-charges-717186
- https://bangladeshpost.net/posts/probe-against-osman-faruk-at-final-stage-100971