Alam was commissioned from the 25th BMA LC in to the Corps of Infantry. As brigadier, he briefly served as the chief instructor of the
Defence Services Command and Staff College. Afterwards, he was promoted to major general and made the Managing Director of the
Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory. He was later made Commandant of the Mirpur Staff College in 2024. He most recently served as
GOC of the
10th Infantry Division.
UN Mission Alam served in United Nations peacekeeping missions, as Sector Commander in United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (
MINUSCA) (2020-2021) and Military Observer in United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (
UNTAET) (1999-2000). On 9 April 2026 UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Lieutenant General Minhazul Alam as Force Commander of the
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). == References ==