Faruque Alam (born 1 March 1940) is a Bangladeshi Civil Engineer, Wood Technologist and former Chairman of

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation or BIWTC, is a government-owned company that owns and operates river vessels and ships; and river ports in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The company was founded in 1972 afte ...

(BIWTC). He was elected

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...

from

Shariatpur-3 Shariatpur-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2012 by Nahim Razzaq of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Damudya and Gosairhat upazilas and the Bhedarganj Th ...

constituency during

1986 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 May 1986. A total of 1,527 candidates contested the election. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 61.1%. Bangladesh Nationalist Party, th ...

under Jatiya Party banner.

Early life

Alam was born on 1 March 1940 at

Damudya Upazila Damudya ( bn, ডামুড্যা) is an upazila of Shariatpur District in the Division of Dhaka Division, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Damudya Thana was established in 1975 and was converted into an upazila in 1982. It is named after its administrative ...

Shariatpur District Shariatpur ( bn, শরিয়তপুর জেলা, ''Shariatpur Jela'' also ''Shariatpur Zila'') is a district in the Dhaka Division of central Bangladesh. It is bounded by Munshiganj district on the north, Barisal district on the south, Ch ...

of the then

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(now

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...

) to Sultan Alam Howlader and Noor Jahan Begum. He completed his early education from

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

and studied Wood Technology in Swedish-Pakistan Institute of Technology from 1959 to 1963. He was admitted to Erik Dahlbergs College of Engeeniering 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 Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation or BFIDC, is an autonomous government body that manages the commercial exploitation of forests in Bangladesh, produce timber and wood products and manage plantations and is located in Motijhe ...

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. He also served as the Chairman of BIWTC from 1991 to 1994.BIWTC at present (cover story), Khaled Mahmood; The Economy, 20–26 December 1994

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alam, Faruque 1940 births Living people People from Shariatpur District 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members Jatiya Party politicians