Muhammad Hasan Mahmud (born 5 June 1963) is a

Bangladesh Awami League Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

politician who is the incumbent

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

from

Chittagong-7 Chittagong-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Muhammad Hasan Mahmud of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Rangunia Upazila and one union parishad of B ...

constituency. In January 2019, he appointed as the Bangladesh Minister of Information. He is also a Joint Secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League.

Early life

Muhammad Hasan Mahmud was born on 5 June 1963 in

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

. He completed his bachelor's and master's in chemistry from the

University of Chittagong The University of Chittagong ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, caṭṭagram bishwabidyalay) is a public research university with multidisciplinary faculties situated across a 1754-acres hilly landmas ...

in 1987 and 1989 respectively. He completed a second masters from

Vrije Universiteit Brussel The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) () is a Dutch and English-speaking research university located in Brussels, Belgium.The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is one of the five universities officially recognised by the Flemish Community, Flemish gov ...

in environmental science in 1996. He earned his PhD in environmental chemistry from

Transnational University Limburg The transnationale Universiteit Limburg (abbreviation tUL and translation in English is: 'transnational University Limburg') is based in Belgium and the Netherlands. The tUL was founded together by both the Universiteit Maastricht and the Limburgs ...

in 2001.

Career

In 1977, Mahmud joined

Bangladesh Chhatra League The Bangladesh Chhatra League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ছাত্রলীগ; translation: Bangladesh Students' League; BSL), formerly known as the East Pakistan Student League, often simply called the Chhatra League, is a students' po ...

. During 1996–2001, Mahmud served as the political and parliamentary affairs adviser to then prime minister

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...

. In 2001, he was appointed special assistant to then opposition leader of parliament, Sheikh Hasina. He was appointed the Secretary of Environment and Forest affair of Awami League. Mahmud was the

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

member from

Chittagong-6 Chittagong-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Raozan Upazila. History The constit ...

constituency during 2008–2014. He had received 101,340 votes while his nearest rival of Bangladesh Nationalist Party,

Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury (13 March 1949 – 22 November 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician, minister and six-term member of Jatiya Sangsad and member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee, who served as the adviser of ...

, received 72,073 votes. 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. In November 2011, he was promoted to the full minister of environment and forest and served the position until the end of 2013. Mahmud was elected to parliament from Chittagong-7 in 2014 as a candidate of Awami League in an uncontested election. 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. Mahmud was re-elected to parliament from Chittagong-7 in 2018 as a candidate of Awami League. He had received 217,155 votes while his nearest rival from Liberal Democratic Party, Md Nurul Alam, received 6,065 votes. In September 2022, Mahmud was nominated to the Awami League Local Government Public Representative Nomination Board. Secretary Md Mokbul Hossain at the Information Ministry under Mahmud was sent to forced retirement in October.

Personal life

Mahmud is married to Nuran Fatema Hasan.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahmud, Hasan 1963 births Living people People from Chittagong District University of Chittagong alumni Maastricht University alumni Awami League politicians 9th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members State Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh) State Ministers of Environment and Forests (Bangladesh) Environment, Forest and Climate Change ministers of Bangladesh 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Information ministers of Bangladesh