Faruque Alam Explained

Faruque Alam
Native Name:ফারুক আলম
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:Chairman, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation
Term Start:1991
Term End:1994
Constituency Mp1:Shariatpur-3
Parliament1:Bangladesh
Term Start1:7 May 1986
Term End1:3 March 1988
Predecessor1:Position created
Successor1:M. A. Reza
Birth Date:1 March 1940
Birth Place:Shariatpur, Bengal Province, British India
Death Place:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Party:Jatiya Party
Mother:Noor Jahan Begum
Father:Sultan Alam Howlader
Occupation:Civil engineer and Wood technologist

Faruque Alam (1 March 1940 – 24 May 2020)[1] was a Bangladeshi civil engineer, wood technologist and the chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC). He was elected member of parliament from Shariatpur-3 constituency during 1986 Bangladeshi general election under Jatiya Party banner.

Early life

Alam was born on 1 March 1940 at Damudya Upazila in Shariatpur District of the then British Raj (now Bangladesh) to Sultan Alam Howlader and Noor Jahan Begum. He completed his early education from Dhaka and studied Wood Technology in Swedish-Pakistan Institute of Technology from 1959 to 1963. He was admitted to Erik Dahlbergs College of Engineering at Jonkoping, Sweden in 1966 and obtained his graduation in Civil Engineering in 1970.

Career

Alam started his career at Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation in 1970 and served as general manager until 1978. He was elected member of parliament from Shariatpur-3 constituency during 1986 Bangladeshi general election under Jatiya Party banner.[2] He also served as the chairman of BIWTC from 1991 to 1994.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former MP Engineer Faruque Alam Howlader dies . 2023-09-02 . The Daily Observer.
  2. Web site: List of 3rd Parliament Members . Bangladesh Parliament . bn . 20 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080059/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf . 18 September 2018.
  3. BIWTC at present (cover story), Khaled Mahmood; The Economy, 20–26 December 1994