Hasan Mahmud (politician)

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Hasan Mahmud
হাসান মাহমুদ
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Mahmud at the European Union in Brussels (2024)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
11 January 2024

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.

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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]

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