ASHK Sadek (30 April 1934 – 9 September 2007) was 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 was a

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 representing the

Jessore-6 Jessore-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2020 by Shahin Chakladar of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Keshabpur Upazila. History The constituency was cre ...

constituency, and a former Education Minister of Bangladesh.

Early life

Sadek was born on 30 April 1934 in Barenga,

Keshabpur Keshabpur is a census town under Domjur police station in Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It ...

Jessore district Jessore District ( Bengali: যশোর, pronounced Jaw-shore, Anglicised: Jessore), officially spelled Jashore District from April 2018, is a district in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna Dis ...

. His father was the joint commissioner of the Government of Bengal. In 1951, he graduated from secondary school and in 1955 he completed his master's degree. Sadek joined the civil service of

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in 1956.

Career

From 1959 to 1961, he served as the sub-divisional officer of Nilphamari and

Narayanganj Narayanganj ( bn, নারায়ণগঞ্জ ''Naraeongônj'') is a city in central Bangladesh. It is in the Narayanganj District, about southeast of the capital city of Dhaka, and has a population of about 2 million. It is the 6th large ...

. He worked as the

Comilla Comilla (; bn, কুমিল্লা, Kumillā, ), officially spelled Cumilla, is the fifth largest city of Bangladesh and second largest in Chittagong division. It is the administrative centre of the Comilla District. The name Comilla wa ...

deputy commissioner from 1966 to 1967 and the secretary to the Governor of

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

from 1969 to 1970. He was the secretary to

Tajuddin Ahmad Tajuddin Ahmad ( bn, তাজউদ্দীন আহমদ; ; 23 July 1925 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician and statesman. He led the Provisional Government of Bangladesh as its prime minister during the Bangladesh Liberatio ...

, the then

Prime Minister of Bangladesh The Prime Minister of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের প্রধানমন্ত্রী, translit=Bangladesher Prodhanmontri), officially Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজা ...

and later chief secretary to the President of Bangladesh. He was a secretary of a number of ministries and retired from government service in 1988. In 1996 he was elected to the national parliament from

and again in 2001. He was a Minister of Education in the cabinet of

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 since January 2 ...

Death and legacy

Sadek died on 9 September 2007. His wife, Ismat Ara Sadek, was a government minister. ASHK Sadek auditorium in

is named after him.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadek, ASHK 1934 births 2007 deaths People from Jessore District Awami League politicians 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members Education ministers of Bangladesh