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
মোহাম্মদ হাসান মাহমুদ
Mahmud in January 2020
Minister of Information
Assumed office
7 January 2019
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byHasanul Haq Inu
Member of Parliament
for Chittagong-7
Assumed office
7 January 2014
Preceded byMoin 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 byAnwar Hossain Manju
Personal details
Born (1963-06-05) 5 June 1963
Chittagong, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
EducationPhD in environmental chemistry
Alma mater

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
  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. "Two of the old guard made ministers". The Daily Star. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  5. "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  6. "Hasina chooses 25 novice ministers, makes personal physician foreign minister". Thaindian. Indo-Asian News Service. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  7. "Hasan Mahmud removed from foreign min". bdnews24.com. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  8. "Govt forms 26 parliamentary bodies". BanglaNews24. 2 April 2014. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  9. Tusher, Hasan Jahid; Hasan, Rashidul; Bin Habib, Wasim (13 January 2014). "Many go, a few stay". The Daily Star. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
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