Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku

Iqbal Hasan Mahmud (Bengali: ইকবাল হাসান মাহমুদ), also known as Tuku (Bengali: টুকু), is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former state minister of power and agriculture during 2001–2006.[1][2]

Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku
ইকবাল হাসান মাহমুদ টুকু
State Minister of Power
In office
10 October 2001 – 20 May 2006
Preceded byRafiqul Islam
Succeeded byAnwarul Kabir Talukdar
State Minister of Agriculture
In office
21 May 2006 – 29 October 2006
Preceded byMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
Succeeded byVacant
Member of Parliament
for Sirajganj-2
In office
28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006
Preceded byMohammed Nasim
Succeeded byRumana Mahmood
In office
10 July 1986 – 6 December 1987
Succeeded byMirza Muraduzzaman
Personal details
BornKoyelgati, Sirajganj, Pabna District, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political party
SpouseRumana Mahmood
Parent
RelativesMA Matin (brother-in-law)

Early life and background

Mahmud was born into a Bengali Muslim family of Taluqdars in the village of Koyelgati in Sheyalkol Union, Sirajganj which was formerly in Pabna District, Pakistan. His father was Abdullah al Mahmood, a noted politician and former minister in East Pakistan, and his grandfather was Derazuddin Taluqdar.[3]

Career

Mahmud served as the State Minister of Power in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government from 2001 to 2006.[4] Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission on 21 March 2007 filed a case, accusing him of accumulating 25 million taka through illegal means. On 15 November 2007, he was sentenced by a special court to nine years in jail in the case. He filed an appeal against the verdict in December 2007. On 16 June 2011, he was acquitted in Bangladesh High Court. On 4 December 2011 the Anti Corruption commission filed an appeal against the verdict. His acquittal was scrapped in the Appellate Division on 27 January 2014.[5] He filed an appeal which was disposed in 2016 and a new hearing ordered in the Appellate Division.[6]

Family

Mahmud was the eldest son of Abdullah al Mahmood, Minister of Industries and Natural Resources of Pakistan, and the brother-in-law of former Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh M.A. Matin.[7] His daughter is married to a son of Awami League politician Sheikh Selim.[8]

References
  1. "Minister Mosharraf asked to surrender". The Daily Star. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. "Tuku jailed for 9yrs for ill-gotten wealth". The Daily Star. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  3. Assembly Proceedings Official Report Bengal Legislative Assembly Forth Session, 1938. Government Printing Bengal Government. 29 July 1938. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. "Father does not believe it". The Daily Star. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. "SC scraps Tuku's acquittal in graft case". The Daily Star. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  6. "BNP leader Tuku has to go for fresh HC hearing in graft case". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  7. দাস, স্বপন চন্দ্র (13 June 2020). "সিরাজগঞ্জের তিন নক্ষত্রের চলে যাওয়ার তারিখ একই". Banglanews24.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  8. "আত্মীয়তার যত বন্ধনে বিএনপি আওয়ামী লীগ". Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 2014-12-16. Retrieved 2020-12-23.


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