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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nur Mohammad
| native_name = নূর মোহাম্মদ
|office = [[Inspector General of Police (Bangladesh)|Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police]]
|term_start = 29 January 2007
|term_end = 31 August 2010
| constituency_MP1 = Electoral Constituency 163, [[Kishoreganj-2]]
| office1 = [[List of members of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad|Member of 11th Jatiya Sangsad]]
|term_start1 = 2019
|predecessor = [[Khoda Baksh Chowdhury]]
|successor = [[Hassan Mahmood Khandker]]
|alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]
| spouse = Ismat Nur
}}

'''Nur Mohammad''' is a current Member of Parliament in Bangladesh from Kishorganj 2. He was earlier a Bangladeshi ambassador and also the [[Inspector General of Police (Bangladesh)|Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police]] during 2007-2010.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/194-militants-held-7-days-1241482|title=194 'militants' held in 7 days|date=2016-06-18|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en}}</ref> In October 2012, he was appointed as the Youth and Sports Secretary by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/sport/2012/10/23/ex-igp-nur-mohammad-youth-and-sports-secy|title=Ex-IGP Nur Mohammad Youth and Sports Secy|date=2012-10-23|access-date=2018-11-07}}</ref>

==Education and career==
Nur obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the [[University of Dhaka]]. He belonged to the 1982 batch of BCS (police) cadre. He served in UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).<ref name=maroc>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-180966|title=Ex-IGP Nur made envoy to Morocco|date=2011-04-08|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en}}</ref> He served as the additional inspector general (IGP-administration) of police headquarters (PHQ).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/01/30/d7013001085.htm|title=Major shakeup in police admin - Changes in army too; Maj Gen Manirul made new SSF chief|work=The Daily Star|date=2007-01-30|access-date=2018-10-26}}</ref> In August 2011, he was appointed as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Morocco.<ref name=maroc/>

In 2012, a parliamentary body submitted a special report on the 2007 [[University of Dhaka]] campus violence. It held several officials, including Nur, responsible for "inhuman torture" on teachers and students during the campus unrest and recommended bringing them to book under existing laws.<ref>{{cite news|title=Keep DGFI away from politics|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-221435|work=The Daily Star|date=7 February 2012|access-date=4 October 2016}}</ref>

Since 2015, Nur has been serving as the managing partner of Centre for Policy Research, Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cpr-bd.com/nur-muhammad|title=Managing Partner |publisher= Centre for Policy Research, Bangladesh|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-07}}</ref>

In 2018, Nur received the Nomination from Bangladesh Awami League to run for the National Elections from his hometown Kishoreganj.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/no-al-ticket-least-13-mps-1662487|title=AL Nomination: Some MPs, top leaders 'left out'|date=2018-11-19|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-02-02}}</ref> On the 30th of December, 2018, he was declared the new Member of Parliament from [[Kishoreganj-2]], with significantly higher votes; against that of his opponent Akhtaruzzaman Ranjan from BNP.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2519569&date=2018-12-31|title=Nur Mohammad elected MP|website=www.newstoday.com.bd|access-date=2019-02-02}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Nur is married to Ismat Nur. They have 3 children, Nusrat Nur(35) working for IOM, Barrister Omar Mohammad Nur(30) involved in several businesses and Fariha Nur(25) studying at North South University.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ali|first1=Tawfique|last2=Rahman|first2=Mukhlesur|title=Gate of death|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-77648|work=The Daily Star|date=27 February 2009|access-date=4 October 2016}}</ref> His oldest daughter Nusrat Nur Badhon's husband Captain Mazharul Haider died in the 2009 [[BDR Mutiny]] incident.<ref>{{cite news|title=Capt Rubel buried in Tangail|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-77788|work=The Daily Star|date=28 February 2009|access-date=4 October 2016}}</ref>

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>Shams141 at 20:35, 19 July 2021