Jahangir Kabir Nanak | |
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জাহাঙ্গীর কবির নানক | |
![]() Nanak in 2020 | |
Minister of Textiles and Jute | |
Assumed office 11 January 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Golam Dastagir Gazi |
Member of Parliament for Dhaka-13 | |
Assumed office 11 January 2024 | |
Preceded by | Md. Sadek Khan |
In office 29 December 2008 –6 January 2019 | |
Preceded by | Ziaur Rahman Khan |
Succeeded by | Md. Sadek Khan |
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 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 is the incumbent minister of textiles and jute and the incumbent member of parliament representing the Dhaka-13 constituency since January 2024. Nanak is also a presidium member of the Bangladesh Awami League. He was the president of the Bangladesh Jubo League and general secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League.
Nanak was born on 14 January 1954. [1] He has a bachelor's degree in art and law. [1]
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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