Muhammad Nazrul Islam | |
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: | Md. Mahbubur Rahman[1] |
Successor1: | Zahid Faruk |
Birth Date: | 3 August 1951 |
Birth Place: | Narsingdi, East Bengal, Pakistan (now, Dhaka, Bangladesh) |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Serviceyears: | 1975 - 1991 |
Unit: | Regiment of Artillery |
Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
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Battles: | Bangladesh Liberation War |
Awards: | Bir Protik |
Muhammad Nazrul Islam (born 3 August 1951)[2] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Narsingdi-1 constituency during 2009–2024.[3] He served as the state minister of water resources from 2014 to 2018.[4] [5]
Nazrul Islam was born on 3 August 1951 in Narsingdi, East Bengal in the then Dominion of Pakistan.[6]
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.
Islam is married to Farzana Nazrul.[6]