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{{Short description|Bangladeshi Politician (1966–2020)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Israfil Alam
| native_name = ইসরাফিল আলম
| native_name_lang = bn
| constituency_MP = [[Naogaon-6]]
| primeminister = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| office = [[List of members of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad|Member of 11th Jatiya Sangsad]]
| predecessor = [[Alamgir Kabir (politician)|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)<ref>{{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}}</ref> was a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and a 3-term [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Naogaon-6]] constituency.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Career==
Alam at one point worked as a meter reader for the [[Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company]].<ref name=wbh>{{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}}</ref> He was elected to the parliament from [[Naogaon-6]] in 2008 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Alam after being elected was accused of supporting labor unrest in Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company and trying to establish supremacy of Titas Gas Sramik League, the pro-Awami League labour body of the company.<ref name=wbh/> He was the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the Labour and Employment Ministry.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

He was chairman of board of trustees in [[Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology]].<ref>{{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|lang=bn|website=Bangla Tribune}}</ref>

==Death==
Alam died on 27 July 2020 from [[COVID-19]] complications at [[Square Hospital]] in Dhaka during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Naogaon District]]
[[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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