Sajjadul Hassan

Sajjadul Hassan
সাজ্জাদুল হাসান
Member of Parliament
In office 6 August 2023 – 6 August 2024
Preceded by	Rebecca Momin
Constituency	Netrokona-4
Personal details
Born	(1961-01-11) 11 January 1961 (age 64) Netrokona, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Bangladesh Awami League
Parent	Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed (father)
Relatives	Obaidul Hassan (brother)

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.[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

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.[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

1. "Sajjadul Hassan". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
2. "Newly-elected lawmakers Sajjadul Hassan, Mohiuddin Bacchu sworn in". BSS. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
3. নেত্রকোনা-৪ আসনে আওয়ামী লীগের সাজ্জাদুল হাসানকে বেসরকারিভাবে বিজয়ী ঘোষণা. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
4. "Sajjadul Hassan made new Biman chairman". Dhaka Tribune. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
5. "Force Myanmar to take back Rohingyas". The Daily Star. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
6. "Govt appoints Sajjadul Hassan as secretary of PMO". The Financial Express. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
7. "Justice Obaidul heads EC search committee". New Age. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
8. পূর্ণ সচিব হলেন সাজ্জাদুল হাসান (in Bengali). 13 July 2018. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
9. "Sajjadul made PM's PS-1". The Daily Star. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
10. "AL men protest 'misbehaviour' by Sylhet DC". The Daily Star. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
11. "Sajjadul Hasan made acting secy of PMO". The Daily Star. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
12. "Tofazzel made PM's personal secretary". The Daily Star. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
13. "Receiving information on public services is now just a phone call away". The Daily Star. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
14. Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim (25 December 2019). "Coveted promotions only to be short-lived". The Daily Star. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
15. "Sajjadul Hasan named new Biman chairman". bdnews24.com. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
16. "Ex-PMO secy Sajjadul new Biman chairman". Bangla Tribune. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
17. "Sajjadul Hassan made new Biman chairman". The Independent. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
18. Rashidul Hasan; Byron, Rejaul Karim (15 September 2020). "Biman may stay caged". The Daily Star. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
19. "'Dhrubatara', Biman's new Dash 8-400, lands in Dhaka". The Daily Star. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
20. "Message of President – BAEA". Retrieved 15 September 2023.
21. "BAEA felicitates new state minister for planning Dr Shamsul Alam". BSS. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
22. Rahaman, Arafat (9 September 2022). "Manarat University: Govt reconstitutes trustee board over 'militancy links'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 7 October 2022.