Nurul Islam Shishu is a retired General of Bangladesh Army, a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation war, and former

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

politician. He served as the Minister of Agriculture under President

Ziaur Rahman Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup d ...

. He was considered to be President

's most trusted companion.

Career

Shishu had joined the Pakistan Army and reached the rank of Major. He served in the

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. He was sent to

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to gather information for the ISI; which he deliberately sabotaged by disclosing his affiliation with the intelligence agency. He joined the

Mukti Bahini The Mukti Bahini ( bn, মুক্তিবাহিনী, translates as 'freedom fighters', or liberation army), also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was the guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military, paramilitary ...

and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war. After the Independence of Bangladesh, he served as the defence

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at the Bangladesh Embassy to

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. In 1976, Shishu served as the

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to the

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. He also served as Director General (DG) of Bangladesh National Cadet Corp (BNCC) from 4 September 1981 to 31 march 1986 Shishu had helped President Ziaur Rahman form Bangladesh Nationalist Party and oversaw of the recruitment of politicians in the party. He retired from Bangladesh Army, when he was 40, with the rank of Major General. Shishu served as the Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of President

. After the assassination of

, he served as the Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party while

Khaleda Zia Khaleda Zia (; born Khaleda Khanam Putul in 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Ba ...

was the Chairperson of the Party. He was dismissed from the post of Minister by

Hussain Mohammad Ershad Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad ( bn, হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ; 1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi Army Chief politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990, a time ma ...

. Shishu moved to Oklahoma, United States in 1991.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shishu, Nurul Islam Living people Bangladesh Army generals Year of birth missing (living people) Mukti Bahini personnel Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians General Secretaries of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Agriculture ministers of Bangladesh Bangladeshi emigrants to the United States