Nurul Islam (minister)

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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Nurul Islam
|office = [[Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment|Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment]]
|term_start = 14 July 2015
|term_end = 7 November 2018
|predecessor =
|successor = [[Imran Ahmad]]
|office1 = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] Member from [[Chittagong-8]]
|term_start1 = 29 December 2008
|term_end1 = 2014
|predecessor1= [[Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury]]
|successor1 = [[Moin Uddin Khan Badal]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|01|03|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Chandgaon Thana|Chandgaon]], [[Chittagong]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
|party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|nationality = Bangladeshi
}}

'''Nurul Islam''' (known as '''Nurul Islam BSc'''; born 3 January 1943)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/expatriates-welfare-and-overseas-employment-minister-nurul-islam-resigns-1656982|title=Four technocrat ministers resign|date=7 November 2018|work=The Daily Star|access-date=7 November 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/get-involved/110-mps-category/mps-of-9th-parliament/961-constituency-285|title=Constituency 285|website=Bangladesh Parliament|language=en-gb|access-date=7 November 2018}}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician who served as the [[Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment|Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment]].<ref>{{cite news |title=New minister Nurul Islam BSc plans to stop illegal emigration by sea from Bangladesh|url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2015/07/18/new-minister-nurul-islam-bsc-plans-to-stop-illegal-emigration-by-sea-from-bangladesh|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=KL still not hiring foreign workers: Minister|url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/116843/KL-still-not-hiring-foreign-workers-Minister|work=Prothom Alo|access-date=14 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006095644/http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/116843/KL-still-not-hiring-foreign-workers-Minister|archive-date=6 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Helplines launched for expat workers|work=Dhaka Tribune|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/09/02/helplines-launched-expat-workers/|access-date=14 September 2016|date=2 September 2016}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Islam was born in [[Chandgaon Thana|Chandgaon]], [[Chittagong District]]. He graduated from the Chandgaon NMC Adarsha High School and the Chittagong College.<ref name=probashi>{{Cite web|url=https://probashi.portal.gov.bd/site/biography/ca3dbade-55c9-40a9-bcf5-795f850b0fe6|title=Mr. Nurul Islam B.Sc|website=probashi.portal.gov.bd|access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref>

== Career ==
Islam has written 32 books. He has established 27 educational institutions in Chittagong. He fought in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Bangladesh Liberation war]] and defended [[Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra|Shadhin Bangla Betar Kendra]] at Kalurghat. He was elected to parliament from [[Chittagong-8]] on 29 December 2008. He was appointed as the Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment on 14 July 2015.<ref name=probashi /> Islam was also the chairman of Sanowara group but recently his second son Saiful and third son Zahedul have taken over.

==Personal life==
Islam is married to Sanowara Begum. Together they have 5 sons and 2 daughters. <ref name=probashi />

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[[Category:People from Chittagong District]]
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment ministers]]
[[Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members]]

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