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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Yeafesh Osman
| image = Yeafesh Osman (01113699) (9822714675) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Osman in 2013
| office = [[Ministry of Science and Technology (Bangladesh)|Minister of Science and Technology]]
| primeminister = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| term_start = 14 July 2015
| predecessor =
| successor =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|5|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chittagong]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| alma_mater = [[Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology]]
| occupation = Politician
| profession = Architect
| father = [[Shawkat Osman]]
}}

'''Yeafesh Osman''' (born 1 May 1946)<ref name=profile/> is a Bangladeshi architect and politician who is the current minister of science and technology of [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/new-cabinet-members-of-bangladesh-government-formed-monday-1683733|title=47-member new cabinet announced|date=2019-01-06|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-01-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Hafez Ahmed |date=2009-01-14 |title=Yafes Osman visits BASIS, ICT Incubator |url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/01/14/55848.html |newspaper=The Financial Express |location=Dhaka |access-date=2012-08-05 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305061805/http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/01/14/55848.html |archive-date=5 March 2012 }}</ref> He worked under [[Fazlur Rahman Khan]], the notable architect of [[Sears Tower]].

==Early life and education==
Osman was born in [[Chittagong]] in 1946 to novelist [[Shawkat Osman]].<ref name=profile/> His brother [[Bulbon Osman]] is an artist and writer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://web.dailyjanakantha.com/details/article/421901/কথাশিল্পী-শওকত-ওসমানের-মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী-আজ/|script-title=bn:কথাশিল্পী শওকত ওসমানের মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ|date=13 March 2019|access-date=14 February 2020|newspaper=Janakantha|language=bn}}</ref> He studied in [[Chittagong Muslim High School]] and later passed his [[Secondary School Certificate]] and [[Higher Secondary School Certificate]] examinations from [[Siddheswari Boys' High School]] and [[Notre Dame College, Dhaka]] respectively.<ref name=profile/> He completed his graduation in architecture from [[Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology]].<ref name=profile/>

==Career==
Osman was elected as the [[vice president]] of the Engineering University Central Students' Union in 1970. He got involved in politics as a member of [[Bangladesh Chhatra League]]. Later, he joined Awami League and became its Science and Technology Secretary. Osman was a [[Mukti Bahini|freedom fighter]] who fought in sector 2 during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] of 1971.<ref>{{cite book |last=Haider |first=Rashid |date=1989 |script-title=bn:১৯৭১ : ভয়াবহ অভিজ্ঞতা |trans-title=1971: A Brutal Experience |publisher=Jatiya Shahitya Prokashani |language=bn }}</ref>

Osman served as an architect in Housing and Settlement Department, Government of Bangladesh from May 1972 to April 1974 and also worked as a junior Architect under Fazlur Rahman Khan from October 1970 to April 1972. He was the founder Secretary of [[Institute of Architects Bangladesh]]. During his professional practice, worked as the Managing Director of Prakalpa Upadeshta Ltd, an architecture and engineering consultancy firm.

Osman was appointed as the State Minister of Science and Technology in 2014 and then became cabinet minister on 14 July 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/asaduzzaman-khan-yafes-become-ministers-112339|title=Asaduzzaman, Yeafesh, Nurul take oath as ministers|date=2015-07-14|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-07-23|language=en}}</ref>

Osman has published two books, ''Bongo Amar Janani Amar'' and ''Noshto Kal Koshto Kal''.<ref name=profile>{{cite news |date=2009-01-08 |title=Profile of ministers |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/profile/index.htm |newspaper=The Daily Start |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126034248/http://www.thedailystar.net/profile/index.htm |archive-date=2013-01-26 |access-date=2012-08-05}}</ref>

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