Anisul Islam Mahmud (born 20 December 1947) is the former Minister of Environment and Forest in the

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. He previously served as

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from July 1985 to December 1990. Mahmud was educated at the

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(BA Economics, 1969), Quaide Azam University in Karachi (MSc Economics) and the

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(MA Economics, 1972). He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1975. He was a Lecturer of Economics at the

from 1969 to 1970, a Senior Research Associate in Economics at the

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from 1972 to 1973, and lecturer of economics at the

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from 1973 to 1977. 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

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in 2008, was elected unopposed to Chittagong-5 in 2014, and was re-elected in 2018.

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