Hasan Mahmud
হাসান মাহমুদ
Mahmud at the European Union in Brussels (2024)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
11 January 2024
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byAK Abdul Momen
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
7 January 2014
Preceded byMoin Uddin Khan Badal
ConstituencyChittagong-7
In office
29 December 2008 – 6 January 2014
Succeeded byA.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury
ConstituencyChittagong-6
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office
7 January 2019 – 10 January 2024
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byHasanul Haq Inu
Succeeded byVacant
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
In office
29 November 2011 – 24 January 2014
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byChowdhury Sajjadul Karim
Succeeded byAnwar Hossain Manju
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
In office
1 August 2009 – 28 November 2011
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byJafrul Islam Chowdhury
Succeeded byVacant
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
8 January 2009 – 31 July 2009
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byIftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury
Succeeded byShahriar Alam
Personal details
Born
Muhammad Hasan Mahmud

(1963-06-05) 5 June 1963 (age 60)
Chittagong, East Pakistan, (Present day Bangladesh)
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
EducationDoctor of Philosophy in Environmental Chemistry
Alma mater

Muhammad Hasan Mahmud (born 5 June 1963) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who is the incumbent Member of Parliament from Chittagong-7 constituency.[1] In January 2019, he appointed as the Bangladesh Minister of Information.[2] He is also a Joint Secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League.

Early life

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

In 1977, Mahmud joined Bangladesh Chhatra League.[4] And in 1988 he became the President of Bangladesh chhatra league,Chittagong University unit

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

Mahmud is married to Nuran Fatema Hasan.[11]

References

  1. ^ "List of 10th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ^ "47-member new cabinet announced". The Daily Star. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Profile Of Ministers". The Daily Star. 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)". BSS. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  5. ^ a b "Two of the old guard made ministers". The Daily Star. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  6. ^ "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  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. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Hasan Mahmud removed from foreign min". bdnews24.com. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Govt forms 26 parliamentary bodies". BanglaNews24. 2 April 2014. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  11. ^ a b Tusher, Hasan Jahid; Hasan, Rashidul; Bin Habib, Wasim (13 January 2014). "Many go, a few stay". The Daily Star. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  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. ^ a b "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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