Nazmul Hassan (born 31 May 1961) is the current president of

Bangladesh Cricket Board The Bangladesh Cricket board ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ক্রিকেট বোর্ড; abbreviated as BCB) is the governing body of cricket in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Cricket Board first became an associate member of the Inter ...

and a member of parliament from

Kishoreganj-6 Kishoreganj-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2009 by Nazmul Hassan Papon of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bhairab and Kuliarchar upazilas. History T ...

constituency.

Personal life

Hassan was born to

Zillur Rahman Mohammed Zillur Rahman (9 March 1929 – 20 March 2013) was the President of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2013. He was also a senior presidium member of the Awami League. He is the third president of Bangladesh, after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziau ...

, who later became president of Bangladesh, and

Ivy Rahman Ivy Rahman ( bn, আইভি রহমান;; 7 July 1934 – 24 August 2004) was a Bangladeshi politician. She was the Women's Affairs secretary of Awami League. She was killed in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack. Career Rahman was the foundi ...

, a

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politician. He has two sisters, Tania Bukth and Tonyma Rahman. He completed his MBA from

Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka The Institute of Business Administration ( bn, ব্যবসা প্রশাসন ইনস্টিটিউট) of the University of Dhaka, commonly known as IBA, is a business school in Dhaka, Bangladesh. History IBA was founded in 1966 ...

Career

As cricket administrator

Hassan was elected as the president of

in October 2013. He was preceded by

AHM Mustafa Kamal Abu Hena Mohammad Mustafa Kamal (Bengali: আবু হেনা মুহাম্মদ মুস্তফা কামাল; born 15 June 1947) much commonly known as Lotus Kamal is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman. He is a member o ...

who was selected the Vice-President of ICC. He was elected unanimously. He is the first elected president of the board with his predecessors being appointed by the Bangladesh Government. In the election, Papon competed with Saber Hasan Chowdhury. In 2021, he was re-elected as the Board president for the third term. In 2018, he became the president of the

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. After a 3-years term, in 2021, he was succeeded by BCCI Secretary

Jay Shah Jay Amitbhai Shah (born 22 September 1988) is an Indian businessman and cricket administrator. He became the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary in 2019. He is also the president of Asian Cricket Council. He is the son of Ami ...

As politician

He is a member of parliament of

constituency from

Others

He is the managing director of

Beximco Pharma Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd also known as Beximco Pharma, is a pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh. It is part of the Beximco Group of Companies. Corporate history Beximco Pharma was founded in 1976 and started operations in 1980, manufacturing ...

ceutical Limited and Shinepukur Ceramics Limited and a director of

Beximco Group Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited (Bangla Transliteration: বাংলাদেশ এক্সপোর্ট ইমপোর্ট কোম্পানি লিমিটেড, romanised: ''Bānglādēsh ēkspōrṭ impōrṭ kōmp ...

. He was the President of Abahani club for almost a decade. He headed a subcommittee in the parliament formed to investigate the manufacturing practices of pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh.

Controversies

He criticized

Shakib Al Hasan Shakib Al Hasan (Bengali: সাকিব আল হাসান; born 24 March 1987) is a Bangladeshi cricketer and current captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team in Tests and T20Is. He plays for Barishal in domestic cricket as an all- ...

and suspended him over discipline issues. Hassan has been involved in several controversies throughout his presidency of Bangladesh Cricket Board. He has often been alleged to force players to play including senior players like

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Nazmul 1961 births Living people University of Dhaka alumni Bangladeshi cricket administrators Awami League politicians 9th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Sheikh Mujibur Rahman family