Abul Hasnat (barrister)

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Abul Hasnat
আবুল হাসনাত
Mayor of Dhaka City Corporation
In office
31 October 1977 – 9 May 1982
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byNaziur Rahman Manzur
In office
3 December 1990 – 12 December 1990
Succeeded byMirza Abbas
Minister of Housing and Public Works
In office
27 November 1981 – 10 May 1982
In office
20 October 1990 to – 6 December 1990
Member of Parliament
for Dhaka-9
In office
1990 by-election – 6 December 1990
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Abul Hasnat is a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer. He is the founding member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee.[1]

Political life[]

Abul Hasnat served as the first mayor (elected by the commissioners) of Dhaka City Corporation during 1977–1982 and, again, in 1990.[2] In the cabinet of Abdus Sattar, he served as the Minister of Housing and Public Works from 27 November 1981 to 10 May 1982.

He joined the Jatiya Party in 1990. He was elected to parliament from Dhaka-9 on 1990 in a by-election as a candidate of Jatiya Party. He served as Minister of Housing and Public Works in the cabinet of Hussein Mohammad Ershad from 20 October 1990 to 6 December 1990.

He has rejoined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and is serving as a member of the BNP's standing committee.

References[]

  1. ^ "Hasnat speaks politics after long". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  2. ^ "পূর্বতন মেয়র/ প্রশাসকগণ" [Former mayor and administrators] (in Bengali). dhaka.gov.bd. Retrieved 2020-01-30.


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