Muhammad Nazrul Islam

{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Muhammad Nazrul Islam

|image = Muhammad_Nazrul_Islam.jpg

|caption = Islam in June 2018

|constituency_MP = Narsingdi-1

|parliament = Bangladesh

|term_start = 25 January 2009

|term_end = 6 August 2024

|predecessor = Khairul Islam Khokon

|office1 = State Minister of Water Resources

|term_start1 = 25 January 2014

|term_end1 = 6 January 2019

|predecessor1 = Mahbubur Rahman{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-99580 |title=Changes in cabinet |date=2009-07-31 |work=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=2020-03-28}}

|successor1 = Zahid Faruk

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|08|03|df=y}}

|birth_place = Narsingdi, East Bengal, Pakistan

|nationality = Bangladeshi

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|allegiance = {{BAN}}

|branch = {{army|Bangladesh}}

|serviceyears= 1975 - 1991

|unit = Regiment of Artillery

|rank = 20px Lieutenant Colonel

|commands = *Deputy Commander of S Force

|battles = Bangladesh Liberation War

|awards = 30px Bir Protik

}}

Muhammad Nazrul Islam (born 3 August 1951){{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3759 |title=Constituency 199_11th_En |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=2020-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815161910/http://parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3759 |archive-date=2022-08-15}} is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Narsingdi-1 constituency during 2009–2024.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english |title=List of 11th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=10 January 2019}} He served as the state minister of water resources from 2014 to 2018.{{cite news |title=Nazrul made state minister for water resources |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/national/article/16527/Nazrul-made-state-minister-for-water-resources |work=Banglanews24.com |date=26 February 2014 |access-date=10 January 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Adhikary |first1=Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary |last2=Bhattacharjee |first2=Partha Pratim |date=7 January 2019 |title=Hasina axes heavyweights |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/news/hasina-banks-fresh-blood-1684012 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=10 January 2019}}

Early life

Nazrul Islam was born on 3 August 1951 in Narsingdi, East Bengal, in what was then the Dominion of Pakistan.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mowr.gov.bd/site/office_head/06e7d881-3854-496f-b3b7-b5678af73388/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE,-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%95 |script-title=bn:মোহাম্মদ নজরুল ইসলাম, বীর প্রতীক |website=mowr.gov.bd |language=en |access-date=2017-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617141106/https://mowr.gov.bd/site/office_head/06e7d881-3854-496f-b3b7-b5678af73388/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE,-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%95 |archive-date=2018-06-17 |url-status=live}}

Career

When the Bangladesh Liberation War started, Nazrul Islam was a student at Dhaka University. He joined the Mukti Bahini and fought in the war. After the independence of Bangladesh, he was commissioned in the Bangladesh Army. He received the gallantry award, Bir Protik, for his role in the war. He retired from the army in 1991 as a lieutenant colonel. He was elected to parliament in 2008, 2014 and 2018.

Personal life

Islam is married to Farzana Nazrul.

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