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|birth_place = [[Chittagong District|Chittagong]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan
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'''Muhammad Hasan Mahmud''' (born 5 June 1963) is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician who is the incumbent [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from [[Chittagong-7]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english |title=List of 10th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref> In January 2019, he was appointed as the [[Ministry of Information (Bangladesh)|Bangladesh Minister of Information]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/new-cabinet-members-of-bangladesh-government-formed-monday-1683733 |title=47-member new cabinet announced |date=6 January 2019 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=8 January 2019}}</ref>
'''Muhammad Hasan Mahmud''' (born 5 June 1963) is an [[Awami League]] politician who is the incumbent [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from [[Chittagong-7]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english |title=List of 10th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref> In January 2019, he was appointed as the [[Ministry of Information (Bangladesh)|Bangladesh Minister of Information]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/new-cabinet-members-of-bangladesh-government-formed-monday-1683733 |title=47-member new cabinet announced |date=6 January 2019 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Muhammad Hasan Mahmud was born on 5 June 1963 in [[Chittagong District|Chittagong]]. He completed his bachelor's and master's in chemistry from the [[University of Chittagong]] in 1987 and 1989 respectively.<ref name=profile>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/profile/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126034248/http://www.thedailystar.net/profile/index.htm|archive-date=26 January 2013|date=9 January 2009|title=Profile Of Ministers|newspaper=The Daily Star|accessdate=28 November 2018}}</ref> He earned his PhD in environmental chemistry from [[Hasselt_University|Hasselt University]] in 2001.
Muhammad Hasan Mahmud was born on 5 June 1963 in [[Chittagong District|Chittagong]]. He completed his bachelor's and master's in chemistry from the [[University of Chittagong]] in 1987 and 1989 respectively.<ref name=profile>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/profile/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126034248/http://www.thedailystar.net/profile/index.htm|archive-date=26 January 2013|date=9 January 2009|title=Profile Of Ministers|newspaper=The Daily Star|accessdate=28 November 2022}}</ref> He completed a second masters from [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] in environmental science in 1996.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) |url=https://www.bssnews.net/moi-profiles/11 |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=BSS}}</ref> He earned his PhD in environmental chemistry from [[Transnational University Limburg]] in 2001.<ref name=":0" />


== Career ==
== Career ==
During 1996–2001, Mahmud served as the political and parliamentary affairs adviser to then prime minister [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref name=old/>
In 1977, Mahmud joined [[Bangladesh Chhatra League]].<ref name=":0" />


Mahmud was the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from [[Chittagong-6]] constituency during 2008–2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla |title=List of 9th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref> He was appointed as the state minister for foreign affairs in January 2009 in [[Second Hasina Cabinet|Sheikh Hasina's cabinet]] but 6 months later he was moved to the position of [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh)|state minister for environment and forests]].<ref>{{cite news |date=6 January 2009 |title=Hasina chooses 25 novice ministers, makes personal physician foreign minister |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/hasina-chooses-25-novice-ministers-makes-personal-physician-foreign-minister_100139170.html |newspaper=Thaindian |agency=Indo-Asian News Service |access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 July 2009 |title=Hasan Mahmud removed from foreign min |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2009/07/31/hasan-mahmud-removed-from-foreign-min |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2 April 2014 |title=Govt forms 26 parliamentary bodies |url=http://www.en.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/88828.html |newspaper=BanglaNews24 |access-date=13 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015757/http://www.en.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/88828.html |archivedate=17 November 2015 }}</ref> In November 2011, he was promoted to the full minister of environment and forest and served the position until the end of 2013.<ref name=old>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-212105|title=Two of the old guard made ministers|date=29 November 2011|work=The Daily Star|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref><ref name=manygo>{{cite news |last1=Tusher |first1=Hasan Jahid |last2=Hasan |first2=Rashidul |last3=Bin Habib |first3=Wasim |date=13 January 2014 |title=Many go, a few stay |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/many-go-a-few-stay-6674 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref>
During 1996–2001, Mahmud served as the political and parliamentary affairs adviser to then prime minister [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref name="old" /> In 2001, he was appointed special assistant to then opposition leader of parliament, Sheikh Hasina.<ref name=":0" /> He was appointed the Secretary of Environment and Forest affair of Awami League.<ref name=":0" />
 
Mahmud was the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from [[Chittagong-6]] constituency during 2008–2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla |title=List of 9th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref> He had received 101,340 votes while his nearest rival of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, [[Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury]], received 72,073 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=325/year=0 |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Amarmp |language=en}}</ref>
 
Mahmud was appointed as the state minister for foreign affairs in January 2009 in [[Second Hasina Cabinet|Sheikh Hasina's cabinet]] but 6 months later he was moved to the position of [[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh)|state minister for environment and forests]].<ref>{{cite news |date=6 January 2009 |title=Hasina chooses 25 novice ministers, makes personal physician foreign minister |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/hasina-chooses-25-novice-ministers-makes-personal-physician-foreign-minister_100139170.html |newspaper=Thaindian |agency=Indo-Asian News Service |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 July 2009 |title=Hasan Mahmud removed from foreign min |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2009/07/31/hasan-mahmud-removed-from-foreign-min |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2 April 2014 |title=Govt forms 26 parliamentary bodies |url=http://www.en.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/88828.html |newspaper=BanglaNews24 |access-date=13 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015757/http://www.en.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/88828.html |archivedate=17 November 2015 }}</ref> In November 2011, he was promoted to the full minister of environment and forest and served the position until the end of 2013.<ref name="old">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-212105|title=Two of the old guard made ministers|date=29 November 2011|work=The Daily Star|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="manygo">{{cite news |last1=Tusher |first1=Hasan Jahid |last2=Hasan |first2=Rashidul |last3=Bin Habib |first3=Wasim |date=13 January 2014 |title=Many go, a few stay |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/many-go-a-few-stay-6674 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref>
 
Mahmud was elected to parliament from Chittagong-7  in 2014 as a candidate of Awami League in an uncontested election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=326/year=0 |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Amarmp |language=en}}</ref> In the election 50 percent of the seats were won without a vote as the main opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led alliance boycotted the election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-14 |title=The number now goes up to 151 |url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2013/12/14/the-number-now-goes-up-to-151 |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>
 
Mahmud was re-elected to parliament from Chittagong-7  in 2018 as a candidate of Awami League.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2018-11-14 |title=Get 11th Bangladesh National Election 2018 Results |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/results |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> He had received 217,155 votes while his nearest rival from [[Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh)|Liberal Democratic Party]], Md Nurul Alam, received 6,065 votes.<ref name=":1" />
 
In September 2022, Mahmud was nominated to the Awami League Local Government Public Representative Nomination Board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=sun |first=daily |title=Hasan nominated as member of AL local govt nomination board {{!}} Daily Sun {{!}} |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/642280/Hasan-nominated-as-member-of-AL-local-govt-nomination-board |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=daily sun |language=en}}</ref> Secretary [[Md Mokbul Hossain]] at the Information Ministry under Mahmud was sent to forced retirement in October.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-16 |title=Info secretary Mokbul Hossain sent on retirement |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/info-secretary-mokbul-hossain-sent-retirement-514598 |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Star Digital |date=2022-10-18 |title=Ex-info secretary Mokbul’s “financial scam”: HC wants to know ACC action |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/ex-info-secretary-mokbuls-financial-scam-hc-wants-know-acc-action-3146146 |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Mahmud is married to Nuran Fatema.<ref name=manygo/>
Mahmud is married to Nuran Fatema Hasan.<ref name=manygo/>


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 13:02, 9 November 2022


Hasan Mahmud
হাসান মাহমুদ
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Mahmud in January 2020
Minister of Information
Assumed office
7 January 2019
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byHasanul Haq Inu
Member of Parliament
for Chittagong-7
Assumed office
7 January 2014
Preceded byMoin Uddin Khan Badal
State Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
8 January 2009 – 31 July 2009
State Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
In office
1 August 2009 – 28 November 2011
Preceded byJafrul Islam Chowdhury
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
In office
29 November 2011 – 2013
Succeeded byAnwar Hossain Manju
Personal details
Born
Muhammad Hasan Mahmud

(1963-06-05) 5 June 1963 (age 63)
Chittagong, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
EducationPhD in environmental chemistry
Alma mater

Muhammad Hasan Mahmud (born 5 June 1963) is an Awami League politician who is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from Chittagong-7 constituency.[1] In January 2019, he was appointed as the Bangladesh Minister of Information.[2]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Muhammad Hasan Mahmud was born on 5 June 1963 in Chittagong. He completed his bachelor's and master's in chemistry from the University of Chittagong in 1987 and 1989 respectively.[3] He completed a second masters from Vrije Universiteit Brussel in environmental science in 1996.[4] He earned his PhD in environmental chemistry from Transnational University Limburg in 2001.[4]

Career[edit | edit source]

In 1977, Mahmud joined Bangladesh Chhatra League.[4]

During 1996–2001, Mahmud served as the political and parliamentary affairs adviser to then prime minister Sheikh Hasina.[5] In 2001, he was appointed special assistant to then opposition leader of parliament, Sheikh Hasina.[4] He was appointed the Secretary of Environment and Forest affair of Awami League.[4]

Mahmud was the Jatiya Sangsad member from Chittagong-6 constituency during 2008–2014.[6] He had received 101,340 votes while his nearest rival of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, received 72,073 votes.[7]

Mahmud was appointed as the state minister for foreign affairs in January 2009 in Sheikh Hasina's cabinet but 6 months later he was moved to the position of state minister for environment and forests.[8][9][10] In November 2011, he was promoted to the full minister of environment and forest and served the position until the end of 2013.[5][11]

Mahmud was elected to parliament from Chittagong-7 in 2014 as a candidate of Awami League in an uncontested election.[12] In the election 50 percent of the seats were won without a vote as the main opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led alliance boycotted the election.[13]

Mahmud was re-elected to parliament from Chittagong-7 in 2018 as a candidate of Awami League.[14] He had received 217,155 votes while his nearest rival from Liberal Democratic Party, Md Nurul Alam, received 6,065 votes.[14]

In September 2022, Mahmud was nominated to the Awami League Local Government Public Representative Nomination Board.[15] Secretary Md Mokbul Hossain at the Information Ministry under Mahmud was sent to forced retirement in October.[16][17]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Mahmud is married to Nuran Fatema Hasan.[11]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "List of 10th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  2. "47-member new cabinet announced". The Daily Star. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. "Profile Of Ministers". The Daily Star. 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)". BSS. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Two of the old guard made ministers". The Daily Star. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  6. "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  7. "Electoral Area Result Statistics". Amarmp. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  8. "Hasina chooses 25 novice ministers, makes personal physician foreign minister". Thaindian. Indo-Asian News Service. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  9. "Hasan Mahmud removed from foreign min". bdnews24.com. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  10. "Govt forms 26 parliamentary bodies". BanglaNews24. 2 April 2014. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Tusher, Hasan Jahid; Hasan, Rashidul; Bin Habib, Wasim (13 January 2014). "Many go, a few stay". The Daily Star. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  12. "Electoral Area Result Statistics". Amarmp. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  13. "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  14. 14.0 14.1 "Get 11th Bangladesh National Election 2018 Results". The Daily Star. 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  15. sun, daily. "Hasan nominated as member of AL local govt nomination board | Daily Sun |". daily sun. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  16. "Info secretary Mokbul Hossain sent on retirement". The Business Standard. 2022-10-16. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  17. Report, Star Digital (2022-10-18). "Ex-info secretary Mokbul's "financial scam": HC wants to know ACC action". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-10-18.

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