Gazi Nazrul Islam
Profile
- Party
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Constituency
- Satkhira-4
- Terms
- 3
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
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- Cabinet role
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Opposition MP (Jamaat-e-Islami bloc); active in first session of 13th JS; primary constituency focus is welfare of Sundarbans-dependent coastal communities in Shyamnagar.
Recent activity
- 2026-04-07 speech Participated in thanksgiving motion debate on the President's address during first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad. ↗
- 2026-03-31 statement Alleged in parliament that the ousted Awami League government removed his name from the official freedom fighter list; raised the issue with the Liberation War Affairs Minister. ↗↗
- 2026-03-15 speech Demanded a special social security allowance for 'tiger widows' (bagh bidhoba) in parliament: women widowed by tiger attacks while their husbands gathered honey, fish, or timber in the Sundarbans; cited a previously abandoned welfare scheme under former minister Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid and urged the government to revive it. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Boundary redrawn before 2026 election: union parishads of Kaliganj Upazila removed; constituency now covers Shyamnagar Upazila only. Runner-up vote count per BSS is 85,426 (margin 21,487); the TBS article cited 85,466 (margin 21,447) - BSS used as primary source. Vote share percentages omitted: EC gazette total valid votes for this seat not confirmed from accessible primary sources. EC affidavit wealth and criminal-case data not publicly accessible as of verification date; criminal_cases list reflects no cases found in available sources (not a confirmed zero from EC). MP is a self-declared freedom fighter; Awami League government had removed his name from the official freedom fighter list, which he raised in the 13th JS. Third-term MP (Satkhira-5 in 1991 and 2001; defeated in 2008 and 2018 from Satkhira-4; won 2026 Satkhira-4).
Sources
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360609
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/jamaat-wins-all-four-seats-satkhira-1360386
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazi_Nazrul_Islam
- https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satkhira-4
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://manobkantha.com.bd/news/national/658096
- https://banglatv.tv/news/2026/03/90008/
- https://www.facebook.com/tbsnews.net/posts/jamaat-e-islami-lawmaker-from-satkhira-4-gazi-nazrul-islam-has-alleged-that-the-/1378914267616637/
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/local-news/jxtf3ztp26