Full Name: Nurul Islam Nahid

Affiliation: Bangladesh Awami League

Current Position: Incumbent Member of Parliament

Date of Birth: July 05, 1945

Place of Birth: Bangladesh

Home District: Sylhet

Constituency: 134, Sylhet-6

Term: Fourth (7th-1996-12 June, 9th-2008, 10th-2014, 11th-2018)

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Profile:

Nurul Islam Nahid (born 05 July 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician, Former Minister and Incumbent Member of Parliament representing Sylhet 6 constituency. He served a member of the parliament from 15 years, being elected in 1996, 2008, 2014, and 2018. He was also the country's Minister of Education from 2014 to 2018.

Nahid was born to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Kashba in Beanibazar, Sylhet District. His education began at the Kashba Primary School. He then enrolled at the Panchakhanda Hargovind High School, from which he received his Matriculation in 1961. He also studied at Sylhet MC College and Dhaka University.

Nahid’s political career began whilst he was studying at the MC College in Sylhet, and later at the University of Dhaka. During the time of the agitation against Ayub Khan, Nahid was active in the student movements against military rule in Pakistan and the mass upsurge of 1969. He was elected as the President of the Bangladesh Student Union in 1970, and was a founding president of Jubo Union in 1976. Moreover, he served as the General Secretary and Organizing Secretary of this student union.

Nahid was also an organizer of the guerrilla unit of the Students Union in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. He became General Secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh in 1991. He played a very significant role in the movement in 1990, resulting in the establishment of a democratically elected government in Bangladesh. He joined Bangladesh Awami League in 1994, becoming a Member of National Parliament (1996–2001).

Nahid served as the vice-president of the 38th session of UNESCO General Conference for the term of 2015 to 2017. He was re-elected as the vice-president for the 39th session of the UNESCO General Conference at its headquarters at Paris in France.

Nahid has also authored seven books and hundreds of articles.

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