Anisul Islam Mahmud

Anisul Islam Mahmud (born 20 December 1947)^[1] is a former Minister of Environment and Forest and Minister of Water Resources in the Cabinet of Bangladesh in the Third Hasina ministry^[2][3] from 2014 to 2019. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 1985 to December 1990 under President Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

Anisul Islam Mahmud
আনিসুল ইসলাম মাহমুদ
Mahmud in 2015
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Chittagong-5
In office 29 December 2008 – 6 August 2024
Preceded by	Syed Wahidul Alam
In office 2 April 1979 – 6 December 1990
Preceded by	Abdul Wahab
Minister of Environment and Forest
In office 3 January 2018 – 6 January 2019
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Anwar Hossain Manju
Succeeded by	Md. Shahab Uddin
Minister of Water Resources
In office 14 January 2014 – 3 January 2018
Succeeded by	Anwar Hossain Manju
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office July 1985 – December 1990
Preceded by	Humayun Rashid Choudhury
Succeeded by	A S M Mustafizur Rahman
President	Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Personal details
Born	(1947-12-20) 20 December 1947 (age 76) Chittagong District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Alma mater	University of Dhaka Quaid-i-Azam University University of Essex

Mahmud was educated at the University of Dhaka (BA Economics, 1969), Quaide Azam University in Karachi (MSc Economics) and the University of Essex (MA Economics, 1972). He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1975. He was a lecturer of economics at the University of Dhaka from 1969 to 1970, a Senior Research Associate in Economics at the University of East Anglia from 1972 to 1973, and lecturer of economics at the University of Hertfordshire from 1973 to 1977.^[4]

He became a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-5 constituency in 1979, and was re-elected in 1986 and 1988. He ran again in the June 1996 general election, but lost to the incumbent, Syed Wahidul Alam. He became the MP for Chittagong-5 in 2008, was elected unopposed to Chittagong-5 in 2014, and was re-elected in 2018 and 2024.^[5]

References

1. "Profile - M A Salam". www.tritiyomatra.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
2. "Council of Ministers: Surprises in reshuffle". The Daily Star. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
3. "Ershad hints at plans to quit as PM's envoy". Dhaka Tribune. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
4. "Hon'bl Minister". Ministry of Water Resources. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
5. "List of 11th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2019.