Sajjadul Hassan (born 11 January 1961)[1] is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Netrokona-4 constituency during 2023–2024.[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]
Sajjadul Hassan | |
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সাজ্জাদুল হাসান | |
| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Netrokona-4 | |
| In office 6 August 2023 – 6 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Rebecca Momin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 January 1961 Netrokona, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
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| Relatives | Obaidul Hassan (brother) |
Early life
editSajjad 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
editSajjad 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 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 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.[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
edit- ^ a b "Sajjadul Hassan". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Newly-elected lawmakers Sajjadul Hassan, Mohiuddin Bacchu sworn in". BSS. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ নেত্রকোনা-৪ আসনে আওয়ামী লীগের সাজ্জাদুল হাসানকে বেসরকারিভাবে বিজয়ী ঘোষণা. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Sajjadul Hassan made new Biman chairman". Dhaka Tribune. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Force Myanmar to take back Rohingyas". The Daily Star. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Govt appoints Sajjadul Hassan as secretary of PMO". The Financial Express. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Justice Obaidul heads EC search committee". New Age. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ পূর্ণ সচিব হলেন সাজ্জাদুল হাসান (in Bengali). 13 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Sajjadul made PM's PS-1". The Daily Star. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "AL men protest 'misbehaviour' by Sylhet DC". The Daily Star. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Sajjadul Hasan made acting secy of PMO". The Daily Star. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Tofazzel made PM's personal secretary". The Daily Star. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Receiving information on public services is now just a phone call away". The Daily Star. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim (25 December 2019). "Coveted promotions only to be short-lived". The Daily Star. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Sajjadul Hasan named new Biman chairman". bdnews24.com. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Ex-PMO secy Sajjadul new Biman chairman". Bangla Tribune. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Sajjadul Hassan made new Biman chairman". The Independent. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ Rashidul Hasan; Byron, Rejaul Karim (15 September 2020). "Biman may stay caged". The Daily Star. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "'Dhrubatara', Biman's new Dash 8-400, lands in Dhaka". The Daily Star. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Message of President – BAEA". Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "BAEA felicitates new state minister for planning Dr Shamsul Alam". BSS. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ Rahaman, Arafat (9 September 2022). "Manarat University: Govt reconstitutes trustee board over 'militancy links'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 7 October 2022.