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| name = Faruque Alam<br />
| native_name = ফারুক আলম<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| image = Faruque Alam (1).jpg<br />
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| caption = <br />
| office = Chairman, [[Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation]]<br />
| term_start = 1991<br />
| term_end = 1994<br />
| constituency_MP2 = [[Shariatpur-3]]<br />
| term_start2 = 7 May 1986<br />
| term_end2 = 3 March 1988<br />
| predecessor2 = constituency created<br />
| successor2 = [[MA Rena]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|03|01|df=yes}} <br />
| birth_place = [[Damudya Upazila|Damudya]], [[Shariatpur District|Shariatpur]], [[British Raj]] (now [[Bangladesh]])<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|05|24|1940|03|01|df=yes}} <br />
| death_place = Kurmitola General Hospital <br />
| death_cause = Cabin-19 <br />
| resting_place = Martyred Intellectual Crabeyard, Rayer Bazar <br />
| resting_place_coordinates = <br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| party = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<br />
| otherparty = <!--For additional political affiliations--><br />
| mother = Noor Jahan Begum<br />
| father = Sultan Alam Howlader<br />
| occupation = Civil engineer and Wood technologist<br />
}}<br />
'''Faruque Alam''' (born 1 March 1940) is a Bangladeshi Civil Engineer, Wood Technologist and former Chairman of [[Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation]] (BIWTC). He was elected [[Jatiya Sangsad|Member of Parliament]] from [[Shariatpur-3]] constituency during [[1986 Bangladeshi general election]] under [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] banner.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
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.<ref name="The Economy"/> 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 Engeeniering at Jonkoping, Sweden in 1966 and obtained his graduation in Civil Engineering in 1970.<ref name="The Economy"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-3rd-parliament-members-bangla |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=20 March 2019}}</ref> He also served as the Chairman of BIWTC from 1991 to 1994.<ref name="The Economy">BIWTC at present (cover story), Khaled Mahmood; The Economy, 20–26 December 1994</ref><br />
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