Sajjadul Hassan Explained

Sajjadul Hassan
Native Name:সাজ্জাদুল হাসান
Native Name Lang:bn
Constituency Mp:Netrokona-4
Parliament:Bangladesh
Term Start:6 August 2023
Term End:6 August 2024
Predecessor:Rebecca Momin
Birth Date:11 January 1961
Birth Place:Netrokona, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Father:Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed
Relatives:Obaidul Hassan (brother)
Party:Bangladesh Awami League

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]

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. 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. He worked to introduce double shift in Mohanganj Government Pilot High School and renovate Shiyaljani canal in Mohanganj Municipality.

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 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.[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. 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sajjadul Hassan . 2 August 2024 . Bangladesh Parliament.
  2. News: Newly-elected lawmakers Sajjadul Hassan, Mohiuddin Bacchu sworn in . 2023-08-06 . 2023-08-07 . BSS.
  3. News: 2023-07-31 . bn:নেত্রকোনা-৪ আসনে আওয়ামী লীগের সাজ্জাদুল হাসানকে বেসরকারিভাবে বিজয়ী ঘোষণা . https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/hcv41p7ue5 . 2023-07-31 . Prothom Alo . bn.
  4. News: 2020-01-28 . Sajjadul Hassan made new Biman chairman . 2021-10-04 . Dhaka Tribune.
  5. News: 2019-01-31 . Force Myanmar to take back Rohingyas . 2021-10-04 . The Daily Star . en.
  6. News: Govt appoints Sajjadul Hassan as secretary of PMO . 2021-10-04 . The Financial Express . en.
  7. News: Justice Obaidul heads EC search committee . 2023-06-27 . New Age . en.
  8. Web site: bn:পূর্ণ সচিব হলেন সাজ্জাদুল হাসান . http://www.poriborton.com/national/131523 . 2018-07-13 . 2021-10-04 . bn . https://web.archive.org/web/20180716170947/http://www.poriborton.com/national/131523 . 2018-07-16 . dead.
  9. News: 2015-02-25 . Sajjadul made PM's PS-1 . 2021-10-04 . The Daily Star . en.
  10. News: 2009-03-27 . AL men protest 'misbehaviour' by Sylhet DC . 2023-08-29 . The Daily Star . en.
  11. News: 2018-01-26 . Sajjadul Hasan made acting secy of PMO . 2021-10-04 . The Daily Star . en.
  12. News: 2018-01-25 . Tofazzel made PM's personal secretary . 2021-10-04 . The Daily Star . en.
  13. News: 2018-04-23 . Receiving information on public services is now just a phone call away . 2021-10-04 . The Daily Star . en.
  14. News: Bhattacharjee . Partha Pratim . 2019-12-25 . Coveted promotions only to be short-lived . 2021-10-04 . The Daily Star . en.
  15. News: Sajjadul Hasan named new Biman chairman . 2021-10-04 . bdnews24.com . 27 January 2020.
  16. News: Ex-PMO secy Sajjadul new Biman chairman . 2021-10-04 . Bangla Tribune . en.
  17. News: Sajjadul Hassan made new Biman chairman . 2021-10-04 . The Independent.
  18. News: Rashidul Hasan . Byron . Rejaul Karim . 2020-09-15 . Biman may stay caged . 2021-10-04 . The Daily Star . en.
  19. News: 2020-11-24 . 'Dhrubatara', Biman's new Dash 8-400, lands in Dhaka . 2021-10-04 . The Daily Star . en.
  20. Web site: Message of President – BAEA . 2023-09-15 . en-US.
  21. News: BAEA felicitates new state minister for planning Dr Shamsul Alam . 2021-10-04 . BSS.
  22. News: Rahaman . Arafat . 2022-09-09 . Manarat University: Govt reconstitutes trustee board over 'militancy links' . 2022-10-07 . The Daily Star . en.