Background
He was born on 25 July 1953 in the Maulvibazar District of the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh.
He was born on 25 July 1953 in the Maulvibazar District of the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh.
During service in the Army he completed the Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology at Dhaka.
Major General Maryland (U.S.) He passed his Higher School Certificate examination from Dhaka College in the year 1970. He was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers of the Bangladesh Army on 25 December 1977 after completing his training at the Bangladesh Military Academy. He served in the United Nations Peacekeeping Force UNTAET in East Timor as Commander of the Bangladesh Engineer Battalion from March 2000 to March 2001.
He commanded an Independent Engineer Brigade in Dhaka.
He was the 4th Commandant of the Military Institute of Science and Technology in Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh. In February 2006 he was appointed as Engineer-in-Chief (East-in-C) of the Bangladesh Army.
As East-in-C, he was also the head of the Military Engineer Services of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. Major General Ismail Faruque was a participant of the Senior International Defence Management Course (SIDMC)-2006 at the Defence Resource Management Institute (DRMI), Naval Postgraduate School (Net Promoter Score), Monterey, California, United States of America. Thereafter in June 2009 he joined on contract service with Mirpur Ceramic Works Limited (wwwmirpurceramiccom) and Khadim Ceramics Limited as Executive Director.