Jahangir Kabir Nanak | |
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জাহাঙ্গীর কবির নানক | |
Minister of Textiles and Jute | |
In office 11 January 2024 –6 August 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Golam Dastagir Gazi |
Member of National Parliament | |
In office 11 January 2024 –6 August 2024 | |
Preceded by | Md. Sadek Khan |
Constituency | Dhaka-13 |
In office 29 December 2008 –6 January 2019 | |
Preceded by | Ziaur Rahman Khan |
Succeeded by | Md. Sadek Khan |
Constituency | Dhaka-13 |
Minister of State for Local Government,Rural Development and Co-operatives | |
In office 24 January 2009 –24 January 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Ziaul Haque Zia |
Succeeded by | Mashiur Rahaman Ranga |
Presidium Member Bangladesh of Awami League | |
Assumed office 21 December 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 January 1954 |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Profession | Politician and lawyer |
Jahangir Kabir Nanak (born 14 January 1954) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was a Minister of Textiles and Jute and a former Member of Parliament representing the Dhaka-13 constituency. Nanak is also a Presidium Member of the Awami League Central Committee. Previously,he served as the State Minister for Local Government,Rural Development and Co-operatives
Nanak was born on 14 January 1954. [1] He has a bachelor's degree in art and law. [1]
Jahangir Kabir Nanak was the President of the Bangladesh Jubo League and General Secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League.
Nanak was elected as Member of Parliament for Dhaka-13 in 2008 as an Awami League candidate. [2] He was appointed state minister for local government,rural development and co-operatives in the second Hasina ministry. [3]
In February 2009,during the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny he and parliamentary Whip Mirza Azam visited the mutineers to negotiate on behalf of the government following the orders of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [4] [5] Nanak was reportedly shot at by the mutineers. [6]
From 2009 to 2013,his wealth increased by 73 million taka along with other Awami League leaders while in power. [7] His annual income increased from 943,000 taka to 4.64 million taka. [7]
Nanak was elected unopposed as member of parliament for the Dhaka-13 constituency in 2014 as an Awami League candidate in elections which the opposition boycotted citing unfair conditions for the election. [8] [2] [9]
In 2018,Nanak was not given the nomination from the Awami League. [9] Instead the nomination for Dhaka-13 went to Sadek Khan. [9] He told the media that disciplinary actions would be taken against Awami League candidates running as independents against official candidates of the party. [10] He was the joint general secretary of the Awami League. [11] In December 2019,Nanak was appointed presidium member of Awami League;the presidium council is the highest body of Awami League. [12]
In December 2022,Nanak got stuck in a rally of Bangladesh Chhatra League Dhaka College unit who were demanding the formation of a committee at the college which had been suspended since 2013 following deadly fractional clashes. [13] Nanak is in charge of Chhatra League affairs at the Awami League tried and failed to get them to stop their protests. [14]
Nanak has a daughter,S. Amreen Rakhi. [15] His only son,Fahimur Rahman Sayem (22),died in a car accident in 2011 in Cox's Bazar District. [15] [14]
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