Sajjadul Hassan (born 11 January 1961)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Netrokona-4 constituency since August 2023.[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 | |
Assumed office 6 August 2023 | |
Preceded by | Rebecca Momin |
Personal details | |
Born | Mohanganj, Netrokona, East Pakistan, Pakistan | 11 January 1961
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
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Relatives | Obaidul Hassan (brother) |
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]
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 of Bangladesh 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 of Bangladesh 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 of Bangladesh.[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]