Anisul Islam Mahmud

Anisul Islam Mahmud (born 20 December 1947)^[1] is a former Minister of Environment and Forest and Minister of Water Resources in the Cabinet of Bangladesh in the Third Hasina ministry^[2][3] from 2014 to 2019. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 1985 to December 1990 under President Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

Anisul Islam Mahmud
আনিসুল ইসলাম মাহমুদ
Mahmud in 2015
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office July 1985 – 6 December 1990
Preceded by	Humayun Rashid Choudhury
Succeeded by	Fakhruddin Ahmed
Minister of Water Resources
In office 10 December 1988 – 19 July 1985
Preceded by	Sultan Ahmed
Succeeded by	Mahbubur Rahman
Minister of Education
In office 27 March 1988 – 10 December 1988
Preceded by	Mahbubur Rahman
Succeeded by	Sheikh Shahidul Islam
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office 24 January 1988 – 27 March 1988
Preceded by	Anwar Zahid
Succeeded by	Mahbubur Rahman
Member of Parliament
In office 25 January 2009 – 6 August 2024
Preceded by	Syed Wahidul Alam
Succeeded by	Vacant
In office 7 May 1986 – 6 December 1990
Preceded by	Abdul Wahab
Succeeded by	Syed Wahidul Alam
Constituency	Chittagong-5
Personal details
Born	(1947-12-20) 20 December 1947 (age 77) Chittagong District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Alma mater	University of Dhaka Quaid-i-Azam University University of Essex

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 a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-5 constituency 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-5 in 2008, was elected unopposed to Chittagong-5 in 2014, and was re-elected in 2018 and 2024.^[5] He was the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board.^[6] He also served Minister in Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986,Ministry of Education,Ministry of Water Resources from 2014 to 2018,Ministry of Environment and Forestry from 2018 to 2019. He was also served Panel Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad and From 2024 to 8 August 2024 he was Deputy Leader of opposition in Jatiya Sangsad. In July 2025 He was dismissed from all post of Jatiya Party (Ershad) where he served Senior Co-Chairman of Party.