About Faruque Alam
Lived 1940 – 2020 (aged 80). Faruque Alam was a Bangladeshi civil engineer and politician.
Faruque Alam (1 March 1940 – 24 May 2020) 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 also served as the chairman of BIWTC from 1991 to 1994.
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Bangladeshi politician
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Faruque Alam was born on 1 March 1940 in Shariatpur District.
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Faruque Alam died on 24 May 2020.
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Faruque Alam was a civil engineer and politician.
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Faruque Alam was Bangladeshi.
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