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Mohammed Farooq (diplomat)

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Mohammed Farooq
Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Philippines
In office
December 2000 – February 2002
Personal details
Born(1949-01-10)10 January 1949
Bhola, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Died20 August 2018(2018-08-20) (aged 69)
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mohammed Farooq (10 January 1949 – 20 August 2018) was a Bangladeshi ambassador[1] who served as the chief information commissioner leading the Information Commission. He was the ambassador of Bangladesh to the Philippines.[2]

Early life

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Farooq was born on 10 January 1949 in Bhola, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan.[2]

Career

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Farooq joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1973 as a cadre of the foreign affairs branch.[2] He had worked at the Bangladesh High Commission in Australia, Bhutan, and Malaysia.[3] He was also stationed in the Bangladeshi consulate in Los Angeles and the Bangladeshi embassy in the United States.[4]

From December 2000 to February 2002, Farooq was the ambassador of Bangladesh to the Philippines.[5]

On 16 October 2012, Farooq was appointed chief information commissioner replacing Ambassador Muhammed Zamir.[6] Farooq hosted Ronald Meinardus, regional director of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, in February 2015 in Dhaka.[7] He met with delegates from Management and Resource Development Initiative who had suggestions for improving the Right to Information Act.[8] He called for political commitment to ending corruption in Bangladesh.[9]

On 9 January 2016, Farooq left the Information Commission and was replaced by Md. Golam Rahman.[10]

Death

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Farooq died on 20 August 2018 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Former envoys remembered". Bangla Tribune. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  2. ^ a b c "Ex-ambassador Mohammed Farooq dies". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  3. ^ "Ex-ambassador Mohammed Farooq passes away". New Age. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  4. ^ "Ex-ambassador Mohammed Farooq passes away". New Age. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  5. ^ "Former Bangladesh ambassador Mohammed Farooq dies". bdnews24.com. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  6. ^ "Mohammed Farooq new CIC". The Daily Star. 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  7. ^ "Regional Director visiting Dhaka, Bangladesh Office: Regional Director in Dhaka, Bangladesh for Maiden Visit". www.freiheit.org. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  8. ^ "MRDI suggests amendment to sec-7 of RTI act". The Daily Star. 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  9. ^ "Few ACC cases are influenced". The Daily Star. 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  10. ^ তথ্য কমিশন. www.infocom.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  11. ^ "Ex-Ambassador Mohammed Farooq passes away". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2022-03-25.