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Nurul Islam Nahid
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Nurul Islam Nahid | |
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| নুরুল ইসলাম নাহিদ | |
 Nahid in 2011 | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Assumed office January 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Syed Makbul Hossain |
| Constituency | Sylhet-6 |
| In office 1996–2001 | |
| Preceded by | Sharaf Uddin Khashru |
| Succeeded by | Syed Makbul Hossain |
| Constituency | Sylhet-6 |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 6 January 2009 – 7 January 2019 | |
| President | Iajuddin Ahmed Zillur Rahman Abdul Hamid |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Hossain Zillur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Dipu Moni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 July 1945 Beanibazar, Sylhet District, Assam Province, British India |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League (from 1994) |
| Other political affiliations | Communist Party of Bangladesh (until 1994) |
| Alma mater | Murari Chand College University of Dhaka |
Nurul Islam Nahid (Bengali: নুরুল ইসলাম নাহিদ; born 5 July 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician and author. He served a member of the Bangladeshi parliament from the Sylhet-6 constituency from 15 years, being elected in 1996, 2008, 2014, and 2018.[1] He was also the country's Minister of Education from 2014 to 2018.[2][3]
Early life and education[edit]
Nurul Islam Nahid was born on 5 July 1945, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Kashba in Beanibazar, Sylhet District.[4] His education began at the Kashba Primary School. He then enrolled at the Panchakhanda Hargovind High School, from which he received his Matriculation in 1961.[5]
His political career began whilst he was studying at the Murari Chand College in Sylhet, and later at the University of Dhaka. He was elected as the President of the Bangladesh Student Union in 1970, and was a founding president of Jubo Union in 1976.
Career[edit]
During the time of the agitation against Ayub Khan, Nahid was active in the student movements against military rule in Pakistan and the mass upsurge of 1969. He was also an organiser of the guerrilla unit of the Students Union in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Nahid became general secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh in 1991. He played a very significant role in the movement in 1990, resulting in the establishment of a democratically elected government in Bangladesh. He joined the Awami League in 1994, becoming a Member of Bangladesh National Parliament (1996–2001).
Nahid served as the vice-president of the 38th session of UNESCO General Conference for the term of 2015 to 2017. He was re-elected as the vice-president for the 39th session of the UNESCO General Conference at its headquarters at Paris in France.
Bibliography[edit]
Nahid has also authored seven books and hundreds of articles:
- Bangali Rukhe Darao (2006)
- Bongobondhur Adorsho, Lokkho o Shongram (2007)
- Rajnitir Shusthodhara Punoruddharer Shongram (2009)
- Shikkhaniti o Onnanno Proshongo (2009)
- Bangladesher Obbhudoy o Gonotontrer Poth Porikroma (2006)
Personal life[edit]
Nahid is married to Zohra Jasmine, a civil officer. They have two daughters. The eldest daughter, Nadia Nandita Islam Tinni is an assistant professor of linguistics at Dhaka University and is the wife of Gonojagoron Moncho spokesman Imran H Sarkar.[6] Their youngest daughter, Nazia Samantha Islam, works in the private sector.
References[edit]
- ↑ "List of 11th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ↑ "List of Honorable Ministers, Special Envoy to the Prime Minister, Advisers to the Prime Minister, State Ministers & Deputy Ministers". Cabinet Division. Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ↑ Adhikary, Tuhin Shubhra; Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim (7 January 2019). "Hasina axes heavyweights". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- ↑ "Ministry of Education". www.moedu.gov.bd. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
- ↑ "সিলেট জেলা তথ্য বাতায়ন". DC Sylhet (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 23 June 2011.
- ↑ "নতুন মঞ্চে ইমরান-নন্দিতা". Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 31 December 2022.
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