Anisul Islam Mahmud
Anisul Islam Mahmud | |
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আনিসুল ইসলাম মাহমুদ | |
![]() Mahmud in 2015 | |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 29 December 2008 – 6 August 2024 | |
Preceded by | Syed Wahidul Alam |
Succeeded by | TBD |
Constituency | Chittagong-5 |
In office 2 April 1979 – 6 December 1990 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Wahab |
Succeeded by | Syed Wahidul Alam |
Constituency | Chittagong-5 |
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 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Succeeded by | Anwar Hossain Manju |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office July 1985 – December 1990 | |
President | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
Preceded by | Humayun Rashid Choudhury |
Succeeded by | A S M Mustafizur Rahman |
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 |
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Anisul Islam Mahmud (born 20 December 1947)[1] is the 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.
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 the Member of Parliament for Chittagong-5 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
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- ^ "Council of Ministers: Surprises in reshuffle". The Daily Star. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "Ershad hints at plans to quit as PM's envoy". Dhaka Tribune. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "Hon'bl Minister". Ministry of Water Resources. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "List of 11th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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