Nasrul Hamid

Nasrul Hamid (born 13 November 1964) is an Awami League politician and the State Minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources of Bangladesh.

Nasrul Hamid, MP
নসরুল হামিদ বিপু,এমপি
Hamid in 2018
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources
Assumed office
22 January 2014
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Member of Parliament
for Dhaka-3
Assumed office
2008
Preceded byAmanullah Aman
Personal details
Born (1964-11-13) 13 November 1964
Dhaka, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Parents
  • Hamidur Rahman (father)
  • Hasna Hamid (mother)
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.nasrulhamid.com

Early life and education

Hamid was born on 13 November 1964.[1] He completed his S.S.C. in 1980, and his H.S.C. in 1982 from the Dhaka Residential Model College.[1][2] He completed his bachelor's degree from University of Dhaka.[3] He has completed a course on leadership titled “Leaders in Development: Managing change in a dynamic world” from the John F. Kennedy School at University of Harvard.[4]

Career

Hamid took primary membership of the Awami League in 1995, being appointed as the General Secretary of the Keraniganj Upazila Awami League. He competed in the General Election of 2001.[5] Hamid was elected to Parliament from Dhaka-3 (Keraniganj) in 2008.[6] He received 112,623 votes while his nearest rival, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 70,680 votes.[6]

Hamid was re-elected in 2014 from Dhaka-3 too.[7][8]

Hamid was elected to Parliament from Dhaka-3 as a candidate of Awami League in 2018.[9]

Hamid has been serving as State Minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources from 2014. He has been appointed again to the same position for second time in the year of 2019 and he has joined on January 7, 2019.

Hamid is also a trustee of CRI (Center for Research and Information), which is the Research Wing of Awami League.[10]

Awards

Hamid was awarded the Order of Civil Merit (Orden del Civil Mérito) of Spain from Spanish Ambassador Álvaro de Salas Giménez de Azcárate on behalf of King Felipe VI of Spain at a programme in Dhaka.[11] Hamid received the Independence Award (Swadhinata Padak) given to the Power Division for its role in bringing 100% of the country under electricity coverage, on behalf of the division from the prime minister Sheikh Hasina. He immediately handed it back to the premiere in recognition of her role in bringing entire Bangladesh under electric coverage.[12]

References
  1. "Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources". mpemr.gov.bd. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. "ORWA | Old Remians Welfare Association". ORWA | Old Remians Welfare Association. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. "Nasrul Hamid -নসরুল হামিদ". Amarmp. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. "Nasrul Hamid, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resource of Bangladesh Government & Member of the Parliament". ICE Business Times. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  5. "Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources". mpemr.gov.bd. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results - Amar Desh Online". amardesh.com. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  7. "Nasrul Hamid -নসরুল হামিদ History". Amarmp. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  8. "new age". Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  9. "Bangladesh National Parliament".
  10. "Considering plan on electricity sector with the aid of Japan: Nasrul Hamid". The Daily Star. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  11. "Nasrul Hamid receives Spain's highest civil honour". The Financial Express. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  12. "Power division hands over Independence award to PM". The Business Standard. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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