Anisul Islam Mahmud

Anisul Islam Mahmud (born 20 December 1947)[1] is the former Minister of Environment and Forest in the Cabinet of Bangladesh.[2][3] He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 1985 to December 1990.

Anisul Islam Mahmud
আনিসুল ইসলাম মাহমুদ
Mahmud in 2015
Member of Parliament for Chittagong-5
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 January 2014
Preceded by	A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury
In office 2 April 1979 – 6 December 1990
Preceded by	Abdul Washab
Succeeded by	Syed Wahidul Alam
Minister of Environment and Forest
In office 3 January 2018 – 6 January 2019
Preceded by	Anwar Hossain Manju
Succeeded by	Md. Shahab Uddin
Minister of Water Resources
In office 14 January 2014 – 3 January 2018
Succeeded by	Anwar Hossain Manju
Personal details
Born	(1947-12-20) 20 December 1947 Chittagong, 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 the Member of Parliament for Chittagong-5 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-4 in 2008, was elected unopposed to Chittagong-5 in 2014, and was re-elected in 2018.[5]