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Bangladeshi politician (born 1945) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Nurul Islam Nahid | |
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নুরুল ইসলাম নাহিদ | |
![]() Nahid in 2011 | |
Minister of Education | |
In office 6 January 2009 – 7 January 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Hossain Zillur Rahman |
Succeeded by | Dipu Moni |
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Sylhet-6 | |
In office 25 January 2009 – 6 August 2024 | |
Preceded by | Syed Makbul Hossain |
In office 14 July 1996 – 13 July 2001 | |
Preceded by | Sharaf Uddin Khashru |
Personal details | |
Born | Karimganj, Assam Province, British India | 5 July 1945
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League (from 1994) |
Other political affiliations | Communist Party of Bangladesh (until 1994) |
Alma mater | |
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.[citation needed]
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).[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
Nahid has also authored seven books and hundreds of articles:
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.[citation needed]