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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Anwarul Kabir Talukdar<br />
| native_name = আনোয়ারুল কবির তালুকদার<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| office = [[Ministry of Planning (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Finance and Planning]]<br />
| term_start = 28 October 2001<br />
| term_end = 20 May 2006<br />
| office1 = [[Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources|State Minister of Power]]<br />
| term_start1 = 21 May 2006<br />
| term_end1 = 30 September 2006<br />
| predecessor1 = [[A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan]]<br />
| constituency_MP2 = [[Jamalpur-4]]<br />
| termstart2 = 28 October 2001 <br />
| termend2 = 27 October 2008<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Md.Nurul Islam]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Murad Hasan]]<br />
| party = {{ubl|[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]|[[Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh)|Liberal Democratic Party]]}}<br />
| relatives = [[Abdus Salam Talukder]] (uncle)<br />
| allegiance = Bangladesh<br />
| branch = [[Bangladesh Army]]<br />
| rank = [[Major general]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|01|01|df=y}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|05|10|1944|01|01|df=y}}<br />
| death_cause = [[COVID-19]]<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
}}<br />
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'''Anwarul Kabir Talukdar''' (1 January 1944 – 10 May 2020) was a politician of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] and [[Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh)|Liberal Democratic Party]]. He was a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Jamalpur-4]] constituency and State Minister of Power.<ref>{{cite news|title=Govt lands roadmap for power sector reform|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/06/01/d6060101149.htm|accessdate=20 February 2018|publisher=The Daily Star|date=2006-06-01}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Talukdar served in [[Bangladesh Army]] and retired as a major general. He was elected to parliament from Jamalpur-4.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shakil|first1=Mirza|title=Jamalpur BNP bigwigs may join LDP with followers|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/11/12/d61112070199.htm|date=2006-11-12|accessdate=20 February 2018|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was the State Minister for Planning and Finance,<ref>{{cite news|title=Girls' handball from today|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/04/13/d50413040734.htm|accessdate=20 February 2018|work=archive.thedailystar.net|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref> and later served as the State Minister of Power in the Second Khaleda Cabinet. He resigned his post to protest corruption in the power sector.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anwarul Kabir pins hopes on 'people power'|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2007/05/23/anwarul-kabir-pins-hopes-on-people-power|accessdate=20 February 2018|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> The Bangladesh Nationalist Party government reported that he had not resigned but in fact had been sacked from his ministerial post by the government.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ahsan|first1=Syed Badrul|title=Talukdar and the politics of decency|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/10/04/d61004020326.htm|accessdate=20 February 2018|work=archive.thedailystar.net|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BD minister sacked over power crisis|url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/212699/bd-minister-sacked-over-power-crisis|date=2006-09-30|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref><br />
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Talukdar resigned from Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 26 October 2006. According to him, he resigned to protest the corruption in the Power sector of Bangladesh under the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government. He joined the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh)|Liberal Democratic Party]] (LDP) formed that year by him, [[AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury]] and [[Oli Ahmed]]. He resigned from LDP on 5 January 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Talukdar, Kabir and Dewan quit LDP|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2009/01/05/talukdar-kabir-and-dewan-quit-ldp|accessdate=20 February 2018|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Talukdar was the nephew of [[Abdus Salam Talukder]] (1936–1999), a former minister and a secretary general of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.<ref name=dies/><br />
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==Death==<br />
Talukdar died on 10 May 2020 from [[COVID-19]].<ref name=dies>{{Cite web|title=Former state minister Anwarul Kabir Talukder dies of coronavirus|url=https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=256202|website=The Daily Observer|access-date=2020-05-22|date=2020-05-10}}</ref><br />
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