Nurul Islam Shishu is a retired major general of Bangladesh Army, a veteran of the

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, and former

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politician. He served as the Minister of Agriculture under President

Ziaur Rahman Ziaur Rahman (19 January 193630 May 1981) was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the sixth president of Bangladesh from 1977 until Assassination of Ziaur Rahman, his assassination in 1981. One of the leading figures of t ...

. 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

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and fought in the

. After the

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, he served as the defence

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at the Bangladesh Embassy to

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. In 1976, Shishu served as the Principal Staff Officer 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

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

Hussain Mohammad Ershad Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi military officer, dictator and politician who served as President of Bangladesh, the president of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990. He seized power as a result of a 1982 ...

. Shishu moved to

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, 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 Ministers of agriculture of Bangladesh Bangladeshi emigrants to the United States