Nurul Islam Nahid

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Nurul Islam Nahid
নুরুল ইসলাম নাহিদ
Advisory Council Member of Bangladesh Awami League
Assumed office
22 December 2022
Personal details
Born (1945-07-05) 5 July 1945 (age 78)
Jaldhup Mahakuma,
Bangladesh Awami League (from 1994)
Other political
affiliations		Communist Party of Bangladesh (until 1994)
Alma materMurari Chand College
University of Dhaka

Nurul Islam Nahid (Bengali: নুরুল ইসলাম নাহিদ; born 5 July 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician and author. He served as a member of the Bangladeshi parliament from the Sylhet-6 constituency for 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

Nurul Islam Nahid was born on 5 July 1945, to a

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

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 1966. Nahid became general secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh in 1991. 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

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

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 who married to Gonojagoron Moncho spokesman Imran H Sarkar later they divorced.[6]
Their youngest daughter, Nazia Samantha Islam, works in the private sector.

References

  1. ^ "List of 11th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Adhikary, Tuhin Shubhra; Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim (7 January 2019). "Hasina axes heavyweights". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  4. ^ "Ministry of Education". www.moedu.gov.bd. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  5. ^ "সিলেট জেলা তথ্য বাতায়ন". DC Sylhet (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 23 June 2011.
  6. ^ "নতুন মঞ্চে ইমরান-নন্দিতা". Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 31 December 2016.

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