| Mohammed Nasim | |
| Native Name: | মোহাম্মদ নাসিম |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Office: | Minister of Health and Family Welfare |
| Term Start: | 12 January 2014 |
| Term End: | 6 January 2019 |
| Predecessor: | AFM Ruhal Haque |
| Successor: | Zahid Maleque |
| Office1: | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Term Start1: | 12 March 1999 |
| Term End1: | 15 July 2001 |
| Predecessor1: | Rafiqul Islam |
| Successor1: | Altaf Hossain Chowdhury |
| Office2: | Minister of Post and Telecommunication |
| Term Start2: | 23 June 1996 |
| Term End2: | 15 July 2001 |
| Predecessor2: | M Keramat Ali |
| Office3: | Member of Parliament |
| Term Start3: | 9 January 2014 |
| Term End3: | 13 June 2020 |
| Predecessor3: | Tanvir Shakil Joy |
| Term Start4: | 28 October 2001 |
| Term End4: | 27 October 2006 |
| Predecessor4: | Mohammad Selim |
| Term Start5: | 5 March 1991 |
| Term End5: | 24 November 1995 |
| Predecessor5: | Shafiqul Islam |
| Term Start6: | 10 July 1986 |
| Term End6: | 6 December 1987 |
| Constituency6: | Sirajganj-1 |
| Term Start7: | 23 June 1996 |
| Term End7: | 15 July 2001 |
| Predecessor7: | Mirza Muraduzzaman |
| Successor7: | Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku |
| Constituency7: | Sirajganj-2 |
| Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Sirajganj District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Father: | Muhammad Mansur Ali |
| Relatives: | Mohammad Selim (brother) |
| Children: | 3, including Tanvir Shakil Joy |
| Alma Mater: | Jagannath College |
| Death Cause: | COVID-19 |
| Successor3: | Tanvir Shakil Joy |
| Spouse: | Laila Arjumand |
Mohammed Nasim (2 April 1948 – 13 June 2020) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as Bangladesh's minister of home affairs and minister of health and family welfare during 1999–2001 and 2014–2019, respectively.[1] He was a 6-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sirajganj-1 and Sirajganj-2 constituencies.[2] He was a presidium member of Awami League and the spokesperson of the 14-party alliance.[3]
Nasim was born on 2 April 1948, to a Bengali Muslim family of Sarkars hailing from Kuripara in Qazipur, Sirajganj (then under Pabna District), Bengal Presidency.[4] His parents were Muhammad Mansur Ali and Amena Monsur.[1] Ali served as the 3rd prime minister of Bangladesh in 1975 and was one of the four leaders killed in the Dhaka Central Jail as a part of the coup d'état on 7 November 1975.[5] He studied at Edward College in Pabna. He was a leader of Chhatra Union, the student wing of Communist Party. In 1966, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman went to Pabna for six point movement rally after which he visited the home of Mansur Ali where he learned Nasim was a leader of Chhatra Union. At Rahman's request, Nasim attended a program of Chhatra League, the student wing of Awami League, and subsequently joined the organization. In 1967, Nasim was elected to the Edward College Students' Union.[6]
Nasim moved to Dhaka in 1969 and got admitted to Jagannath College. During the Bangladesh Liberation war, Nasim worked for the Mujibnagar government, the Bangladesh government in exile, in which his father was a minister. He graduated in political science from the college.[7]
Nasim became the joint secretary of Pabna District unit of Awami League after the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. He sought the nomination of Awami League for the 1973 parliamentary election but lost out to a more senior politician. He was made a presidium member of Bangladesh Jubo League, the youth wing of Awami League. Following the formation of BAKSAL in 1975, he was appointed its general secretary. He fled to India after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état. His father was arrested and subsequently killed extrajudicially in prison. Nasim was imprisoned on his return to Bangladesh.
In 1982, Nasim was made a presidium member of the Awami League. He was elected to the parliament for the first time in 1986, representing the Sirajganj-1 constituency. He was re-elected in 1996 from the same constituency.
Nasim was appointed public works, post and telecommunications minister in June 1996.[8] He took over the home ministry as well when the incumbent Rafiqul Islam was sacked in March 1999.[9] On 12 November 2006, he was injured after police baton charged a rally of Awami League.[10]
In February 2007, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) published a list of 50 top corrupt suspects which included Nasim's name.[11] [12] The 50 were asked to submit their wealth statements at the ACC office within 72 hours of receiving the notification. Nasim was arrested by the joint forces on 5 February 2007.[13] [14] [15] On 8 October, he was sentenced to 13 years in jail by a special anti-graft court. His wife, Laila Arzumand Banu, was also sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment for aiding him in amassing the wealth illegally.[16]
Following the charges and convictions, Nasim did not get the Awami League nomination at the 2008 Bangladeshi general election. Instead, Nasim's son, Tanvir Shakil Joy, got the nomination and won the election.[17]
Nasim was elected to the parliament from Sirajganj-1 in 2014.[18] He was appointed the minister of health and family affairs.[19]
Nasim and Laila Arjumand Banu had three sons including Tanvir Shakil Joy.[1]
On 1 June 2020, Nasim was hospitalized in Dhaka after testing positive for COVID-19.[20] Four days later, he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage during his treatment.[21] On 13 June, he died while being treated at the hospital.[22] [23]