Nurul Islam Shishu
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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nurul Islam Shishu
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| office = 2nd General Secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party
| term_start = 1981
| term_end = 1985
| 1blankname = Chairman
| 1namedata = {{ubl|Abdus Sattar|Khaleda Zia}}
| predecessor = {{nobr|A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury}}
| successor = Mustafizur Rahman
| office1 = 2nd Principal Staff Officer
of Armed Forces Division
| president1 = Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem
Ziaur Rahman
| primeminister1 = Mashiur Rahman
| predecessor1 = Abul Hasanat Md Abdullah
| successor1 = Mir Shawkat Ali
| term_start1 = 19 January 1976
| term_end1 = 11 December 1980
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| allegiance = {{BAN}}
{{PAK}} (before 1971)
| branch = {{army|Bangladesh}}
{{army|Pakistan}}
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| serviceyears = 1962–1986
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| rank = 20px Major general
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| commands = {{ubl|DG of BNCC|Comdt of Cumilla Cantonment}}
| unit = Corps of Signals
| battles = Bangladesh Liberation War
| battles_label = Conflict
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Nurul Islam Shishu is a retired major general of Bangladesh Army, a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation war, and former Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician.{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Norman N. |title=Wild Life--wild Death: Kenya's Man-animal Equation |date=1982 |publisher=Universities Field Staff International |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XmQTAQAAIAAJ&q=nurul+islam+shishu |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Alam |first1=Habibul |title=Brave of heart: the urban guerilla warfare of sector-2, during the liberation war of Bangladesh |date=2006 |publisher=Academic Press and Publishers Library |isbn=9789840802012 |pages=29–35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HTtuAAAAMAAJ&q=nurul+islam+shishu |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Ahamed |first1=Emajuddin |editor-last=Ahamed |editor-first=Emajuddin |chapter=The Coup of 24 March 1982 |title=Society and politics in Bangladesh |year=1989 |publisher=Academic Publishers |pages=171–172 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b_ZtAAAAMAAJ&q=nurul+islam+shishu |oclc=22421924 |language=en}} He served as the Minister of Agriculture under President Ziaur Rahman.{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Asish Kumar |title=Praetorian politics in Bangladesh: 1975–1981 |date=2002 |publisher=Progressive Publishers |page=137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4BqOAAAAMAAJ&q=nurul+islam+shishu |language=en}}{{cite book |title=India Today |date=1982 |publisher=Living Media India Pvt. Limited |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i-EOAQAAIAAJ&q=nurul+islam+shishu |language=en}} He was considered to be President Ziaur Rahman's most trusted companion.https://www.newsbybd.net/newsdetail/detail/41/583107
Career
Shishu had joined the Pakistan Army and reached the rank of Major. He served in the Inter-Services Intelligence.{{cite book |last1=Sirrs |first1=Owen L. |title=Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate: Covert Action and Internal Operations |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317196099 |page=70 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_S-TDAAAQBAJ&q=nurul+islam+shishu&pg=PA70 |language=en}} He was sent to East Pakistan to gather information for the ISI; which he deliberately sabotaged by disclosing his affiliation with the intelligence agency.{{cite news |title=The symphony of our times |url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/26226 |accessdate=9 October 2019 |work=New Age |language=en}} He joined the Mukti Bahini and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war.{{cite book |last1=Franda |first1=Marcus F. |title=Bangladesh: The First Decade |date=1982 |publisher=South Asian Publishers |isbn=9780883330067 |page=330 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GfEQAAAAMAAJ&q=nurul+islam+shishu |language=en}} After the Independence of Bangladesh, he served as the defence attaché at the Bangladesh Embassy to Myanmar.{{cite news |title=TAHER TRIAL'Zia, Sattar, Sayem masterminds' |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/taher-trial-zia-sattar-sayem-masterminds |date=13 February 2011 |website=bdnews24.com}}
In 1976, Shishu served as the Principal Staff Officer to the Chief Martial Law Administrator.{{cite news |title=Nurul Islam denies his role in tribunal |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-174164 |accessdate=9 October 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=14 February 2011 |language=en}}
He also served as Director General (DG) of Bangladesh National Cadet Corp (BNCC) from 4 September 1981 to 31 March 1986.
Shishu had helped President Ziaur Rahman form Bangladesh Nationalist Party and oversaw of the recruitment of politicians in the party.{{cite book |last1=Sobhan |first1=Rehman |title=Bangladesh, problems of governance |date=1993 |publisher=Konark Publishers |page=40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wDhuAAAAMAAJ&q=nurul+islam+shishu |language=en}} He retired from Bangladesh Army, when he was 40, with the rank of Major General.{{cite book |title=Economic and Political Weekly |date=1981 |publisher=Sameeksha Trust |page=1393 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GrCwAAAAIAAJ&q=nurul+islam+shishu |language=en}}
Shishu served as the Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of President Ziaur Rahman.{{cite book |last1=Ahmed |first1=Emajuddin |title=Military Rule and the Myth of Democracy |date=1988 |publisher=University Press |page=135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xwkNAAAAIAAJ&q=nurul+islam+shishu |language=en}} After the assassination of Ziaur Rahman, he served as the Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party while Khaleda Zia was the Chairperson of the Party.{{cite book |title=The Election Archives |date=1982 |publisher=Shiv Lal |pages=228 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_4MeAQAAMAAJ&q=nurul+islam+shishu |language=en}} He was dismissed from the post of Minister by Hussain Mohammad Ershad.{{cite book |title=The Election Archives |date=1982 |publisher=Shiv Lal |pages=213 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_4MeAQAAMAAJ&q=nurul+islam+shishu |language=en}}
Shishu moved to Oklahoma, United States in 1991.{{cite news |title=HC summons Gen Nurul Islam Shishu |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-170676 |accessdate=9 October 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=19 January 2011 |language=en}}
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