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| {{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
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| |name = Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku
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| |native_name = ইকবাল হাসান মাহমুদ টুকু
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| |native_name_lang = bn
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| |office = [[Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources|State Minister of Power]]
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| |term_start = 10 October 2001
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| |term_end = 20 May 2006
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| |predecessor = [[Rafiqul Islam (Bangladeshi politician)|Rafiqul Islam]]
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| |successor = [[Anwarul Kabir Talukdar]]
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| |office1 = [[Ministry of Agriculture (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Agriculture]]
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| |term_start1 = 21 May 2006
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| |term_end1 = 29 October 2006
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| |predecessor1 = [[Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir]]
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| |successor1 = ''Vacant''
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| |constituency_MP2 = [[Sirajganj-2]]
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| |term_start2 = 28 October 2001
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| |term_end2 = 27 October 2006
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| |predecessor2 = [[Mohammed Nasim]]
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| |successor2 = [[Rumana Mahmood]]
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| |term_start3 = 10 July 1986
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| |term_end3 = 6 December 1987 | |
| |successor3 = [[Mirza Muraduzzaman]]
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| |party = {{ubl|[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]}}
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| |nationality = Bangladeshi
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| |birth_place = Koyelgati, [[Sirajganj District|Sirajganj]], [[Pabna District]], [[Pakistan]]
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| |father = [[Abdullah al Mahmood]]
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| |relatives = [[M.A. Matin (politician)|MA Matin]] (brother-in-law)
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| |spouse = [[Rumana Mahmood]]
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| '''Iqbal Hasan Mahmud''' ({{lang-bn|ইকবাল হাসান মাহমুদ}}), also known as '''Tuku''' ({{lang-bn|টুকু}}), is a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician and a former state minister of power and agriculture during 2001–2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Minister Mosharraf asked to surrender|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/minister-mosharraf-asked-surrender-1257529|work=The Daily Star|date=22 July 2016|language=en|access-date=21 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tuku jailed for 9yrs for ill-gotten wealth|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-11869|work=The Daily Star|date=16 November 2007|language=en|access-date=21 January 2017}}</ref>
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| ==Early life and background==
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| Mahmud was born into a [[Bengali Muslim]] family of [[Taluqdar]]s in Sirajganj town, [[Sirajganj District]] which was formerly in [[Pabna District]], [[Pakistan]]. His father was [[Abdullah al Mahmood]], a noted politician and former minister in [[East Pakistan]], and his grandfather was Derazuddin Taluqdar.<ref>{{cite book |title=Assembly Proceedings Official Report Bengal Legislative Assembly Forth Session, 1938 |date=29 July 1938 |publisher=Government Printing Bengal Government |url=https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17757508_1665708637058252_4313026214791582994_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=j_IR6XYzjMcAX-aSIXt&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&oh=f874c5f27125f84de91e1d6bb682702e&oe=5F194FC3 |access-date=23 June 2020}}</ref>
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| ==Career==
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| Mahmmod is the founder director of Apex Group of Industries. He was the first exporter of garments products from Bangladesh to Europe. His company Apex Group of Industries is the pioneer in leather, shoes, frozen fish, garments, home textile etc, He was the member of parliament since 1984. He was the first chairman of Sirajgonj District Board. He served as the State Minister of Power in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government from 2001 to 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Father does not believe it|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-219925|work=The Daily Star|date=26 January 2012|language=en|access-date=21 January 2017}}</ref> The [[Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission]] on 21 March 2007 filed a case, accusing him of accumulating 25 million taka through illegal means. On 15 November 2007, he was sentenced by a special court to nine years in jail in the case. He filed an appeal against the verdict in December 2007. On 16 June 2011, he was acquitted in [[Bangladesh High Court]]. On 4 December 2011 the Anti Corruption commission filed an appeal against the verdict. His acquittal was scrapped in the Appellate Division on 27 January 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=SC scraps Tuku's acquittal in graft case|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/sc-scraps-tukus-acquittal-in-graft-case-8692|work=The Daily Star|date=27 January 2014|language=en|access-date=21 January 2017}}</ref> He filed an appeal which was disposed in 2016 and a new hearing ordered in the Appellate Division.<ref>{{cite news |title=BNP leader Tuku has to go for fresh HC hearing in graft case|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/04/13/bnp-leader-tuku-has-to-go-for-fresh-hc-hearing-in-graft-case|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=21 January 2017}}</ref>
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| ==Family==
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| Mahmud was the eldest son of [[Abdullah al Mahmood]], [[Ministry of Industries and Production (Pakistan)|Minister of Industries and Natural Resources of Pakistan]], His sister Tashmina Matin was a renowned doctor and the brother-in-law of former Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh M.A. Matin. His younger brother, Manzur Hassan Mahmmod, was Mayor of Sirajganj Municipality.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
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