Nurul Islam Shishu

Nurul Islam Shishu
2nd Principal Staff Officer of Armed Forces Division
In office 19 January 1976 – 11 December 1980
President	Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem Ziaur Rahman
Prime Minister	Mashiur Rahman
Preceded by	Abul Hasanat Mohammad Abdullah
Succeeded by	Mir Shawkat Ali
2nd General Secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party
In office 1981–1985
Chairman	Abdus Sattar Khaleda Zia
Preceded by	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Mustafizur Rahman
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh  Pakistan (before 1971)
Branch/service	Bangladesh Army  Pakistan Army
Years of service	1962–1986
Rank	Major General
Unit	Corps of Signals
Commands	PSO of Armed Forces Division DG of BNCC Commandant of School of Military Intelligence (SMI)
Battles/wars	Bangladesh Liberation War

Nurul Islam Shishu is a retired major general of Bangladesh Army, a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation war, and former Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician.[1][2][3] He served as the Minister of Agriculture under President Ziaur Rahman.[4][5] He was considered to be President Ziaur Rahman's most trusted companion.[6]

Career

Shishu had joined the Pakistan Army and reached the rank of Major. He served in the Inter-Services Intelligence.[7] He was sent to East Pakistan to gather information for the ISI; which he deliberately sabotaged by disclosing his affiliation with the intelligence agency.[8] He joined the Mukti Bahini and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war.[9] After the Independence of Bangladesh, he served as the defence attaché at the Bangladesh Embassy to Myanmar.[10]

In 1976, Shishu served as the Principal Staff Officer to the Chief Martial Law Administrator.[11]

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.[12] He retired from Bangladesh Army, when he was 40, with the rank of Major General.[13]

Shishu served as the Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of President Ziaur Rahman.[14] After the assassination of Ziaur Rahman, he served as the Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party while Khaleda Zia was the Chairperson of the Party.[15] He was dismissed from the post of Minister by Hussain Mohammad Ershad.[16]

Shishu moved to Oklahoma, United States in 1991.[11][17]

References

1. Miller, Norman N. (1982). Wild Life--wild Death: Kenya's Man-animal Equation. Universities Field Staff International. p. 12.
2. Alam, Habibul (2006). Brave of heart: the urban guerilla warfare of sector-2, during the liberation war of Bangladesh. Academic Press and Publishers Library. pp. 29–35. ISBN 9789840802012.
3. Ahamed, Emajuddin (1989). "The Coup of 24 March 1982". In Ahamed, Emajuddin (ed.). Society and politics in Bangladesh. Academic Publishers. pp. 171–172. OCLC 22421924.
4. Roy, Asish Kumar (2002). Praetorian politics in Bangladesh: 1975-1981. Progressive Publishers. p. 137.
5. India Today. Living Media India Pvt. Limited. 1982. p. 86.
6. https://www.newsbybd.net/newsdetail/detail/41/583107
7. Sirrs, Owen L. (2016). Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate: Covert Action and Internal Operations. Routledge. p. 70. ISBN 9781317196099.
8. "The symphony of our times". New Age. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
9. Franda, Marcus F. (1982). Bangladesh: The First Decade. South Asian Publishers. p. 330. ISBN 9780883330067.
10. "TAHER TRIAL'Zia, Sattar, Sayem masterminds'". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
11. "Nurul Islam denies his role in tribunal". The Daily Star. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
12. Sobhan, Rehman (1993). Bangladesh, problems of governance. Konark Publishers. p. 40.
13. Economic and Political Weekly. Sameeksha Trust. 1981. p. 1393.
14. Ahmed, Emajuddin (1988). Military Rule and the Myth of Democracy. University Press. p. 135.
15. The Election Archives. Shiv Lal. 1982. p. 228.
16. The Election Archives. Shiv Lal. 1982. p. 213.
17. "HC summons Gen Nurul Islam Shishu". The Daily Star. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2019.