Sajjadul Hassan
সাজ্জাদুল হাসান
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Netrokona-4
Assumed office
6 August 2023
Preceded byRebecca Momin
Personal details
Born (1961-01-11) 11 January 1961 (age 63)
Mohanganj, Netrokona, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Parent
RelativesObaidul Hassan (brother)

Sajjadul Hassan (born 11 January 1961)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Netrokona-4 constituency since August 2023.[2][3] Prior to this position, he served as a bureaucrat and the chairperson of Bangladesh Biman airlines.[4] He is a former Senior Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office.[5]

Early life

Sajjad was born on 11 January 1961 in Mohanganj Upazila, Netrokona District.[1][6] His father, Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed, was a member of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.[6] His brother, Justice Obaidul Hassan, is the 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.[7] He completed his SSC and HSC from Mohanganj Government Pilot High School and Dhaka College respectively.[6] He worked to introduce double shift in Mohanganj Government Pilot High School and renovate Shiyaljani canal in Mohanganj Municipality.[6]

Career

Sajjad had served as the District Commissioner of Cox's Bazar District and Sylhet District.[8] Hassan was made the Personal Secretary-1 to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from the Division Commissioner of Sylhet Division on 25 February 2015.[9] In 2009, four former Awami League members of parliament accused him to misbehave with a veteran freedom fighter while Hassan was serving as the Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet.[10]

On 26 January 2018, Sajjad was promoted from Personal Secretary-1 to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh to the acting secretary of the Prime Minister's Office.[11] Tofazzel Hossain Miah, previously the Director General of the Prime Minister's Office, replaced him as the Personal Secretary-1 to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.[11][12] He was a special guest at the launching of the call centre service number 333 on 12 April 2018 by Sajeeb Wazed.[13] On 25 December 2019, he was promoted to the rank of Senior Secretary.[14]

Sajjad was appointed the chairperson of the Board of Directors of the state owned Bangladesh Biman airlines on 27 January 2020 by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.[15][16][17] He replaced Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari.[16] Senior Secretary at the Ministry of Aviation, Mohibul Haque, supported steps to keep Biman Bangladesh under government control in 2020 and prevent its privatisation under the chairpersonship of Sajjad.[18] He oversaw a Dash 8-400, named Dhrubatara, aircraft joining the fleet of Bangladesh Biman in 2020 purchased through a government to government agreement between Bangladesh and Canada.[19]

Sajjad is the president of Bangladesh Agricultural Economists Association.[20][21]

In September 2022, the government broke the trustee board of Manarat International University and created a new board which included Sajjad.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b "Constituency 160_11th_En_new". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  2. ^ "Newly-elected lawmakers Sajjadul Hassan, Mohiuddin Bacchu sworn in". BSS. 2023-08-06. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  3. ^ "নেত্রকোনা-৪ আসনে আওয়ামী লীগের সাজ্জাদুল হাসানকে বেসরকারিভাবে বিজয়ী ঘোষণা". Prothomalo (in Bengali). 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  4. ^ "Sajjadul Hassan made new Biman chairman". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  5. ^ "Force Myanmar to take back Rohingyas". The Daily Star. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  6. ^ a b c d "Govt appoints Sajjadul Hassan as secretary of PMO". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  7. ^ "Justice Obaidul heads EC search committee". New Age. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  8. ^ "পূর্ণ সচিব হলেন সাজ্জাদুল হাসান" (in Bengali). 2018-07-13. Archived from the original on 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  9. ^ Report, Star Online (2015-02-25). "Sajjadul made PM's PS-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  10. ^ "AL men protest 'misbehaviour' by Sylhet DC". The Daily Star. 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  11. ^ a b "Sajjadul Hasan made acting secy of PMO". The Daily Star. 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  12. ^ "Tofazzel made PM's personal secretary". The Daily Star. 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  13. ^ "Receiving information on public services is now just a phone call away". The Daily Star. 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  14. ^ Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim (2019-12-25). "Coveted promotions only to be short-lived". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  15. ^ "Sajjadul Hasan named new Biman chairman". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  16. ^ a b "Ex-PMO secy Sajjadul new Biman chairman". Bangla Tribune. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  17. ^ "Sajjadul Hassan made new Biman chairman". theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  18. ^ Rashidul Hasan; Byron, Rejaul Karim (2020-09-15). "Biman may stay caged". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  19. ^ Report, Star Online (2020-11-24). "'Dhrubatara', Biman's new Dash 8-400, lands in Dhaka". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  20. ^ "Message of President – BAEA". Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  21. ^ "BAEA felicitates new state minister for planning Dr Shamsul Alam". BSS. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  22. ^ Rahaman, Arafat (2022-09-09). "Manarat University: Govt reconstitutes trustee board over 'militancy links'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
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