Hasan Mahmud (politician)
Muhammad Hasan Mahmud (born 5 June 1963) is a Bangladesh 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]
Muhammad Hasan Mahmud | |
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মোহাম্মদ হাছান মাহমুদ | |
Mahmud in January 2020 | |
Minister of Information | |
Assumed office 7 January 2019 | |
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 | |
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change | |
In office 29 November 2011 – 2013 | |
Succeeded by | Anwar Hossain Manju |
Personal details | |
Born | Chittagong, East Pakistan, Pakistan | 5 June 1963
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Education | PhD in environmental chemistry |
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Early life
Mahmud completed his bachelor's and master's in chemistry from the University of Chittagong in 1987 and 1989 respectively.[3] He earned his PhD in environmental chemistry from University of Limburg in 2001.
Career
During 1996–2001, Mahmud served as the political and parliamentary affairs adviser to then prime minister Sheikh Hasina.[4]
Mahmud was the Jatiya Sangsad member from Chittagong-6 constituency during 2008–2014.[5] He 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.[6][7][8] In November 2011, he was promoted to the full minister of environment and forest and served the position until the end of 2013.[4][9]
Personal life
Mahmud is married to Nuran Fatema.[9]
References
- "List of 10th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- "47-member new cabinet announced". The Daily Star. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- "Profile Of Ministers". The Daily Star. 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- "Two of the old guard made ministers". The Daily Star. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- "Hasina chooses 25 novice ministers, makes personal physician foreign minister". Thaindian. Indo-Asian News Service. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- "Hasan Mahmud removed from foreign min". bdnews24.com. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- "Govt forms 26 parliamentary bodies". BanglaNews24. 2 April 2014. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- Tusher, Hasan Jahid; Hasan, Rashidul; Bin Habib, Wasim (13 January 2014). "Many go, a few stay". The Daily Star. Retrieved 13 November 2015.