Israfil Alam
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1966–2020)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Israfil Alam
| native_name = ইসরাফিল আলম
| native_name_lang = bn
| constituency_MP = Naogaon-6
| primeminister = Sheikh Hasina
| office = Member of 11th Jatiya Sangsad
| predecessor = Alamgir Kabir
| successor = Anwar Hossain Helal
| term_start = 25 January 2009
| term_end = 27 July 2020
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| birth_date = {{birth date|1966|03|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Naogaon, East Pakistan, Pakistan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|07|27|1966|03|13|df=y}}
| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
}}
Israfil Alam (13 March 1966 – 27 July 2020){{Cite news |date=2020-07-28|title=Israfil Alam MP no more|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/news/israfil-alam-mp-no-more-1937293|access-date=2020-07-27|work=The Daily Star|language=en}} was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a 3-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Naogaon-6 constituency.{{cite news|title=Form commission to protect children|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/form-separate-commission-protection-children-1377172|access-date=7 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=17 March 2017|language=en}}
Career
Alam had a very humble beginning as a meter reader for the Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company.{{cite news|last1=Habib|first1=Wasim Bin|title=Corrupt unionism starts to creep up|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-75931|access-date=7 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=15 February 2009|language=en}} He then got involved in labor movement and rose to the prominence by being elected as the CBA President of Titas Gas. Later he was inducted as the General Secretary of Sramik League, the labor wing of Bangladesh Awami League. He was elected to the parliament from Naogaon-6 in 2008 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.{{cite news|title=Banking sector is not free from flaws|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/banking-sector-not-free-flaws-1522153|access-date=7 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=19 January 2018|language=en}}
He was the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the Labour and Employment Ministry.{{cite news|title='Nobody cares about them'|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/nobody-cares-about-them-80039|access-date=7 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=1 May 2015|language=en}}
He was chairman of board of trustees in Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology.{{cite web|url=https://www.banglatribune.com/country/rajshahi/634618/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AE|title=এমপি ইসরাফিল আলম আর নেই|date=27 July 2020|language=bn|website=Bangla Tribune}}
Death
Alam died from COVID-19 complications at Square Hospital in Dhaka on 27 July 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.{{Cite news |date=2020-07-27|title=AL MP Israfil Alam dies from Covid-19 infection|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/al-mp-israfil-alam-dies-covid-19-infection-1936961|access-date=2020-07-27|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}
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Category:People from Naogaon District
Category:Politicians from Rajshahi Division
Category:Awami League politicians
Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
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