Sajjadul Hassan (born 11 January 1961) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

member representing the Netrokona-4 constituency during 2023–2024. Prior to this position, he served as a bureaucrat and the chairperson of

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airlines. He is a former senior secretary at the Prime Minister's Office.

Early life

Sajjad was born on 11 January 1961 in Mohanganj Upazila,

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. His father, Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed, was a member of the

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. His brother, Justice

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, is the 24th chief justice of the

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. He completed his SSC and HSC from Mohanganj Government Pilot High School and

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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

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and

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. Hassan was made the personal secretary-1 to the prime minister from the division commissioner of Sylhet Division on 25 February 2015. 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. 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. Tofazzel Hossain Miah, previously the director general of the Prime Minister's Office, replaced him as the personal secretary-1 to the prime minister. He was a special guest at the launching of the call centre service number 333 on 12 April 2018 by

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. On 25 December 2019, he was promoted to the rank of senior secretary. Sajjad was appointed the chairperson of the board of directors of the state owned

airlines on 27 January 2020 by the

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. 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. 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. Sajjad is the president of Bangladesh Agricultural Economists Association. In September 2022, the government broke the trustee board of

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and created a new board which included Sajjad.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sajjadul Hassan Living people Dhaka College alumni Bangladeshi civil servants 21st-century Bangladeshi economists Awami League politicians 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Western Sydney University alumni 1961 births Bangladesh Agricultural University alumni 12th Jatiya Sangsad members