Syed Nazrul Islam

Nazrul Islam
সৈয়দ নজরুল ইসলাম
Minister of Industries
In office
13 January 1972  26 January 1975
Prime MinisterSheikh Mujibur Rahman
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAbul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman
1st Acting President of Bangladesh
In office
17 April 1971  12 January 1972
Prime MinisterTajuddin Ahmad
Preceded byPosition established
In office
25 January 1975  15 August 1975
PresidentSheikh Mujibur Rahman
Prime MinisterMuhammad Mansur Ali
Succeeded byMohammad Mohammadullah
Acting President of Provisional Government of Bangladesh
In office
17 April 1971  10 January 1972
Prime MinisterTajuddin Ahmad
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born18 February 1925
Kishoreganj, Bengal, British India
Died3 November 1975(1975-11-03) (aged 50)
Dacca Central Jail, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (1975)
Other political
affiliations
All-India Muslim League (Before 1949)
Awami League (1949–1975)
Children6 Including Shafayet, Zakia & Ashraful
RelativesSayed Farooq-ur-Rahman (nephew)
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Awards Independence Award

Syed Nazrul Islam (1925 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician and a senior leader of the Awami League. During the Bangladesh War of Independence, he was declared as the Acting President of Bangladesh by the Provisional Government.