| Faruk-e-Azam | |
| Honorific Suffix: | Bir Protik |
| Office: | Adviser for Ministry of Liberation War Affairs |
| Term Start: | 13 August 2024 |
| Office1: | Adviser for Disaster Management and Relief |
| Term Start1: | 16 August 2024 |
| Office2: | Adviser to the Interim Government |
| Term Start2: | 8 August 2024 |
| Predecessor2: | Post established |
| Birth Place: | Chittagong, British India |
| Branch: | [1] |
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| Battles: | Bangladesh Liberation War |
| Awards: | Bir Protik |
Faruk-e-Azam is a member of the advisory council of the Bangladesh Interim Government.[2] He actively took part in the Bangladesh Liberation War and later awarded Bir Protik gallantry award by the Government of Bangladesh. He was a naval commando and a sub-commander of Operation Jackpot.[3]
Faruk-e-Azam was born in Hathazari, Chittagong. He passed intermediate at the beginning of the Bangladesh Liberation War.[4]
In 1971, Faruk was in Khulna at the beginning of the Liberation War. He experienced difficulties while he was on his way to Chattogram.[5]
On May 6, he crossed the border and took shelter in India's Harina Youth Camp. During his stay there, he was enlisted in the navy. After two months of training in Palashi, he was selected for the Operation Jackpot.[6]
Three teams were selected to attack the Chattogram port on August 16, 1971. One team could not reach Chattogram, but the other two teams, comprising 37 members, participated in the attack, with AW Chowdhury as the captain. Faruk was a sub-commander of "Operation Jackpot", which was one of the biggest operations against the Pakistan forces during the war carried out in Chattogram port.[7]
Faruk was one of the organisers of the first Bijoy Mela in Chattogram in 1989 and was an active member of the Forum for Planned Chattogram.[8]