Jahangir Kabir Nanak

Jahangir Kabir Nanak
জাহাঙ্গীর কবির নানক
Nanak in 2020
Minister of Textiles and Jute
In office
11 January 2024 – 6 August 2024
Prime MinisterAutocracy Sheikh Hasina
Preceded byGolam Dastagir Gazi
Member of National Parliament
In office
11 January 2024 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byMd. Sadek Khan
ConstituencyDhaka-13
In office
29 December 2008 – 6 January 2019
Preceded byZiaur Rahman Khan
Succeeded byMd. Sadek Khan
ConstituencyDhaka-13
Minister of State for Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
In office
24 January 2009 – 24 January 2014
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byZiaul Haque Zia
Succeeded byMashiur Rahaman Ranga
Presidium Member of Bangladesh Awami League Central Executive Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 December 2019
Personal details
Born (1954-01-14) 14 January 1954 (age 70)
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
ProfessionPolitician 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

Early life

Nanak was born on 14 January 1954.[1] He has a bachelor's degree in art and law.[1]

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Jahangir Kabir Nanak -জাহাঙ্গীর কবির নানক Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Dhaka-13 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Declaration of milk sector as a thrust one soon". The Daily Star. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Mutiny At Bdr Headquarters". The Daily Star. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Nanak alleges plot, crores spent". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Mutineers shot at us: Nanak". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  7. ^ a b "The Genie Gave The Money". The Daily Star. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh opposition to boycott elections". Al Jazeera. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  9. ^ a b c Haque, Sajidul. "Awami League picks Sadek Khan, drops Nanak for Dhaka-13". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  10. ^ "AL takes hard line on rebels". The Daily Star. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  11. ^ "BNP-Jamaat-Oikyafront trying to destroy polls environment: AL". The Daily Star. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Shahjahan, Nanak, Rahman now AL presidium members". The Daily Star. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Dhaka College BCL activists take to streets demanding committee". The Daily Star. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  14. ^ a b "Nanak's son killed in road crash". The Daily Star. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Nanak's son buried". bdnews24.com. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2019.