Nizamul Islam

Sheikh Nizamul Islam is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member.^[1] He was elected from Tangail-1 (Madhupur and Dhanbari) constituency as an Awami League candidate in the third Bangladeshi parliamentary election held on 7 May 1986.^[2]

Sheikh Nizamul Islam
শেখ নিজামুল ইসলাম
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Tangail-1
In office 7 May 1986 – 3 March 1988
Preceded by	Syeda Ashiqua Akbar
Succeeded by	Khandaker Anwarul Haque
Personal details
Political party	Awami League
Occupation	Physician and politician

Nizam was also elected a member of the Provincial Assembly of East Pakistan from Tangail-1 in the 1970 Pakistani general election.^[3] During the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971, he played an important role in forming foreign public opinion in favor of Provisional Government of Bangladesh.^[4]

Early life

Nizam was born in Barnichanda Bari village of Tangail subdivision, East Pakistan (now Dhanbari Upazila, Tangail District, Bangladesh). He served as president of the Madhupur thana Awami League Branch.^[5]