Muhammad Nazibur Rahman

Muhammad Nazibur Rahman is the member of parliament (MP) in the 13th Parliament for Pabna-1 (Santhia upazila and part of Bera upazila). He entered Parliament for the first time as the candidate nominated by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He is also known as Nazibur Rahman Momen and as Barrister Nazib. In Parliament he is a member of the Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and of the Library Committee, and chair of Sub-committee No. 4 of the Library Committee.

He was born on 1 March 1981 in Manmathapur village of Santhia upazila, Pabna district. His father was Maulana Motiur Rahman Nizami, a former ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and a former minister. His mother, Shamsunnahar Nizami, is a former principal of Manarat International School and College. Nazibur Rahman is the second of four brothers and three sisters.

He completed his primary, Dakhil, Alim and Fazil studies at Tamirul Millat Kamil Madrasa, and obtained a Kamil degree in Fiqh from Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka. He took a diploma in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University. In the United Kingdom he obtained a master's degree in Islamic Studies from Loughborough University, a bachelor's degree in law and the qualification of barrister-at-law from Northumbria University, and a master's degree and a PhD in banking and finance law from Queen Mary University of London.

He is a researcher, a specialist in international law and Islamic economics, and a lawyer. He became a member of the Bangladesh Bar Council in 2010 and began his career as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 2013. From April 2010 to June 2013 he was a part-time lecturer in the law department of International Islamic University Chittagong. He is recognised as a certified Shariah adviser and auditor by the Bahrain-based Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions, and has also served as a legal adviser at the UK Ministry of Justice.

Alongside his legal career he became active in national politics. In the election held on 12 February 2026 he was elected MP for Pabna-1 with 129,974 votes under the scales symbol.

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