Faruque Alam (1 March 1940 – 24 May 2020) was a Bangladeshi civil engineer, wood technologist and the chairman of

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC, ), is a government-owned company that owns and operates inland vessels and ports in Bangladesh, headquartered in Dhaka. The organisation gains the majority of its revenue by operating fer ...

(BIWTC). He was elected member of parliament 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 elections. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 directly elected seats. Voter turnout was 61%. Bangladesh Nati ...

under Jatiya Party banner.

Early life

Alam was born on 1 March 1940 at Damudya Upazila in

Shariatpur District Shariatpur District () is a district in Dhaka Division of central Bangladesh. Shariatpur is named after the Islamic revivalist, Haji Shariatullah. Etymology Shariatpur was named after Haji Shariatullah (1781–1840), who was the founder of Faraiz ...

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 and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

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

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...

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 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 2020 deaths People from Shariatpur District Politicians from Dhaka Division 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members Jatiya Party politicians