ASHK Sadek
Minister of Education
In office
23 June 1996  15 July 2001
Preceded byMuhammad Jamiruddin Sircar
Succeeded byOsman Faruk
Member of Parliament
for Jessore-6
In office
1996–2006
Preceded byMd. Shakhawat Hossain
Succeeded byS. K. Abdul Wahab
Personal details
Born(1934-04-30)30 April 1934
Jessore District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died9 September 2007(2007-09-09) (aged 73)
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
SpouseIsmat Ara Sadek
RelativesAnwarul Hossain Khan Chowdhury (brother-in-law)
Alma materWilliams College
University of Cambridge
University of Calcutta
Arabic name
Patronymic (Nasab)ibn Yaḥyā Ṣādiq
بن يحيى صادق
Teknonymic (Kunya)Abū Sharaf
أبو شرف
Epithet (Laqab)Ḥizb al-Qādir
حزب القادر
Toponymic (Nisba)al-Jasarī
الجسري

Abu Sharaf Hizbul Qader Sadek (Bengali: আবু শরফ হিজবুল কাদের সাদেক; 30 April 1934 – 9 September 2007) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician, who was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jessore-6 constituency, and a former Education Minister of Bangladesh.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Sadek was born on 30 April 1934 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Barenga in Keshabpur, Jessore district. His father, Yahya Sadeq, was the joint commissioner of the Government of Bengal. His younger sister, Begum Rahat, was the wife of politician Anwarul Hossain Khan Chowdhury.[4]

Sadek completed his matriculation in 1949 and his intermediate in 1951. In 1954, he completed his Bachelor of Arts (honours) in economics and received his Master of Arts from the University of Calcutta in 1955. He then moved to the United Kingdom where he studied economics and political science at the Queens' College of the University of Cambridge in 1959. He also completed studies of economics from Williams College in Massachusetts, United States.[5]

Career

Sadek joined the civil service of Pakistan in 1956.[3] From 1959 to 1961, he served as the sub-divisional officer of Nilphamari and Narayanganj. He worked as the Comilla deputy commissioner from 1966 to 1967 and the secretary to the Governor of East Pakistan from 1969 to 1970. He was the secretary to Tajuddin Ahmad, the then Prime Minister of Bangladesh 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 Jessore-6 and again in 2001. He was a Minister of Education in the cabinet of Sheikh Hasina.[3]

Death and legacy

Sadek died on 9 September 2007.[3] His wife, Ismat Ara Sadek, was a state minister of Sheikh Hasina's government.[6]ASHK Sadek auditorium in Keshabpur is named after him.[7]

References

  1. "Tributes paid to ASHK Sadek". The New Nation. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. "Mujibnagar Day Celebration Committee meeting held". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Bangladesh". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  4. "Ex MP Anwar Choudhury's wife Rahat passes away". The Asian Age. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  5. "এ এস এইচ কে সাদেকের মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী কাল". Ei Bela (in Bengali). 8 September 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  6. "ASHK Sadeks 8th death anniv today". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  7. "Polls freer, fairer under emergency: Ershad". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
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