Hasan Mahmud | |
|---|---|
হাসান মাহমুদ | |
 Mahmud in January 2020 | |
| Minister of Information | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Hasanul Haq Inu |
| Member of Parliament for Chittagong-7 | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Moin 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 by | Jafrul Islam Chowdhury |
| Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change | |
| In office 29 November 2011 – 2013 | |
| Succeeded by | Anwar Hossain Manju |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muhammad Hasan Mahmud 5 June 1963 Chittagong, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Education | PhD 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]
- ↑ "List of 10th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ↑ "47-member new cabinet announced". The Daily Star. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ↑ "Profile Of Ministers". The Daily Star. 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)". BSS. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Two of the old guard made ministers". The Daily Star. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ↑ "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ↑ "Electoral Area Result Statistics". Amarmp. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ↑ "Hasina chooses 25 novice ministers, makes personal physician foreign minister". Thaindian. Indo-Asian News Service. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ↑ "Hasan Mahmud removed from foreign min". bdnews24.com. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ↑ "Govt forms 26 parliamentary bodies". BanglaNews24. 2 April 2014. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Electoral Area Result Statistics". Amarmp. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ↑ "The number now goes up to 151". Dhaka Tribune. 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Get 11th Bangladesh National Election 2018 Results". The Daily Star. 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ↑ sun, daily. "Hasan nominated as member of AL local govt nomination board | Daily Sun |". daily sun. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ↑ "Info secretary Mokbul Hossain sent on retirement". The Business Standard. 2022-10-16. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
- ↑ 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.