| Baharul Alam | |||||||||||||||
| Native Name: | বাহারুল আলম | ||||||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | bn | ||||||||||||||
| Office: | 31st Inspector General of Bangladesh Police | ||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | 20 November 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Mainul Islam | ||||||||||||||
| President: | Mohammed Shahabuddin | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1960 5, df=y | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Kishoreganj, East Pakistan | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi | ||||||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Mymensingh Medical College Bangladesh Police Academy | ||||||||||||||
| Awards: | Bangladesh Police Medal (Bravery) – BPM | ||||||||||||||
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| Honorific Suffix: | BPM | ||||||||||||||
| Honorific Prefix: | Inspector General of Police | ||||||||||||||
| Father: | Abdul Gaffer | ||||||||||||||
| Mother: | Masuda Khanam | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse: | Afroza Helen | ||||||||||||||
Baharul Alam is an officer of the Bangladesh Police and currently serves as the 31st Inspector General of Police. He was appointed to the position on November 20, 2024.[1] [2] Prior to his appointment as IGP, he served as the head of hospital at ICDDR,B.[3] He was former Director General of Rapid Action Battalion and former chief of Special Branch.[4]
Alam was born in 1960 into a distinguished Muslim family at the historic Kazla Munshibari Estate in Tarail Upazila of Kishoreganj District. He completed his SSC in 1977 from Mymensingh Zilla School[5] and secured 1st place in Dhaka board, he completed his HSC in 1979 from Dhaka Residential Model College with distinctions. He later completed his MBBS from Mymensingh Medical College.[5] [6] He joined the police service in 1984 through the BCS Police Cadre.[6] [7]
Alam is a Bangladeshi physician and administrator was the Head of Hospitals at icddr,b. He graduated from Mymensingh Medical College with an MBBS in 1984 and later earned an MBA from Southeast University in 2008. After an early medical career, he joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in the Police department, where he served in various capacities, including missions with the United Nations in New York, the former Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan.[8]
Alam as Deputy Inspector General of Rangpur Division used police from Nilphamari District to target Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh in Rangpur District in November 2005 as he feared an information leak from the Rangpur District unit of Police.[9]
In February 2007, Alam was appointed Director General of Rapid Action Battalion.[10] He served as the head of the Special Branch (SB) during 2007–08. He was transferred to Police headquarters from Special Branch in March 2009 while Mohammad Javed Patwary was appointed chief of the Special Branch.[11]
Later, Alam held various positions at the Police Headquarters. From 2009 to 2013, he worked as a police liaison officer in the United Nations Peacekeeping Division at its headquarters. In 2015, he served as a Senior Police Advisor for the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Afghanistan. Before this, he was assigned duties in Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, and Sierra Leone. Despite being passed over for promotion twice, he retired in 2020.[12] [13]
He also served as the head of hospital at ICDDR,B.[14] [15]
On 20 November 2024, Alam was made the 31th Inspector General of Police on a contractual two year appointment.[16]