| File:Anisul Islam Mahmud portrait.jpg
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| Office | Member of Parliament
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| Office | Minister of Environment and Forest |
| Office | Minister of Water Resources |
| Term start | 29 January 2014
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| Predecessor | A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury
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| Predecessor | Rafiqul Anwar |
| Successor | Didarul Alam |
| Constituency | Chittagong-5 |
| Constituency | Chittagong-4 |
| Born | 1947-12-20 (age 79) |
| Born | Chittagong District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
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| Nationality | Bangladeshi
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| Political party | Jatiya Party (Ershad)
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| Alma mater | Template:Ubl
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Anisul Islam Mahmud (born 20 December 1947)[1] is the former Minister of Environment and Forest in the Cabinet of Bangladesh.[2][3] He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 1985 to December 1990.
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-4 in 2008, was elected unopposed to Chittagong-5 in 2014, and was re-elected in 2018.[5]
References
- ↑ Profile - Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud. www.tritiyomatra.com. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ Council of Ministers: Surprises in reshuffle. The Daily Star(2018-01-04). Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ 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.