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.
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.
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]