Nahid Islam

Nahid Islam (born 28 April 1998) is a Bangladeshi politician who is the founding convener of National Citizen Party, the country's first student led political party. He is also a member of Parliament from the Dhaka-11 constituency and serving as the 13th Opposition Chief Whip of Jatiya Sangsad. He was the central key coordinator of the Students Against Discrimination, which led the July Uprising. He also served as an adviser of the Interim government of Bangladesh under Muhammad Yunus. Born in 1998, Nahid got involved with politics while attending the University of Dhaka. After government job quota system was reinstated in 2024, he became the central key coordinator of Students Against Discrimination and led 2024 quota reform movement. He came to national attention when he was abducted, tortured and detained by the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Following his release, he declared the one-point demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 3 August 2024, thus becoming the most prominent face of Bangladesh's mass uprising. After the resignation of Sheikh Hasina on 5 August 2024, Nahid became an adviser of the newly formed interim government led by Muhammad Yunus on 8 August and held two ministries. He resigned from the council of advisers in late February 2025 and became the founding convener of the National Citizen Party on 28 February 2025. Nahid was named on the Time 100 Next list in 2024.