Ismail Faruque Chowdhury (born 25 July 1953) is a former engineer-in-chief of the Bangladesh Army.

Chowdhury was born on 25 July 1953 in the Maulvibazar District of Sylhet Division of what is now Bangladesh.

He was the 4th commandant of the Military Institute of Science and Technology in Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

As E-in-C, he was also the head of the Military Engineer Services (MES) of the Bangladesh Armed Forces.

Maj Gen Ismail Faruque was a participant of the Senior International Defence Management Course (SIDMC)-2006 at the Defense Resource Management Institute (DRMI), Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey, California.