Sayed Farooq-ur-Rahman (9 August 1945 – 28 January 2010) was the chief organizer involved in toppling the Sheikh Mujib regime in Bangladesh.

Sayed Farooq-ur-Rahman and his close ally Khandaker Abdur Rashid were the chief organisers of the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975.

[4][3] His mother is Mahmuda Khatun, a daughter of Abdul Latif Khan who belonged to a zamindar family in Jamalpur District in Mymensingh, descending from Turkish soldiers of fortune under the Mughal emperors.

Sayed Ashratullah Dewan was also a prominent Sufi religious figure in the Rajshahi region who too like his ancestors had borne the title Zinda Peer after death.

[3] His parents did not intend for him to join the army, he was admitted into Bristol University in England for a course in Aeronautical Engineering, but he had other plans for a career in the army as seen in Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood by Anthony Mascarenhas: "Caught up in the prevailing patriotic fervour Farook, on his way to college, stopped off at the Inter-services Selection Board office in Kohat and volunteered for a commission.

But Farook, with his father's consent, finally made it to the Pakistan Military Academy at Risalpur where he quickly distinguished himself by becoming battalion sergeant major.

"I didn't want to do foot-slogging in the army" he said politely turning down suggestions by Major Ziaur Rahman and Khaled Musharraf, then instructors in the PMA, that he should join the Bengal Regiment.

[6] He and Major Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan discussed ways of removing Mujib from power and asked Brigadier General Ziaur Rahman for support.

[5] They were supported covertly by senior cabinet minister Khondaker Mushtaque Ahmed who was introduced to Rahman by Major Khandaker Abdur Rashid.

[10] Rahman was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and held a position of power in the new regime until it was overthrown in a counter-coup by pro-Mujib officers led by Maj. Gen. Khaled Mosharraf, who ousted Khondakar Mushtaque.

When he returned to Bangladesh, the government facilitated him and President Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who wanted some candidate to stand against him in the rigged elections.

After the Awami League's defeat in the 2001 general election, the BNP government of Begum Khaleda Zia slowed down the proceedings in the Mujib murder case.

The vice-chairman of the Bangladesh Freedom Party is his younger son Sayed Zubair Farooq who is a Doctoral graduate in Behavioral Economics and ethical banking from the University of Technology Sydney, chief executive of Unity Grammar College, a Islamic private school in Australia, he is also ministerial financial advisor to Sheikh Mohammed Al-Maktoum.