Iqbal Hasan Mahmud (), also known as Tuku (), is a

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politician and a former state minister of power and agriculture during 2001–2006.

Early life and background

Mahmud was born into a

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family of

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s in the village of Koyelgati in Sheyalkol Union,

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which was formerly in

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. His father was Abdullah al Mahmood, a noted politician and former minister in

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, and his grandfather was Derazuddin Taluqdar.

Career

Mahmud served as the state minister of power in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government from 2001 to 2006.

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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

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. 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. He filed an appeal which was disposed in 2016 and a new hearing ordered in the Appellate Division.

Family

Mahmud is 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 Mohammad Abdul Matin. His daughter is married to a son of

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politician

Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim (born 2 February 1949; known as Sheikh Selim) is a Bangladeshi politician who was a 9-term Member of Parliament representing the Gopalganj-2 constituency during 1980–2024. He is a presidium member of the Bangladesh ...

of the

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