Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud
Member of Parliament
for Noakhali-5
In office
10 July 1986 – 6 December 1990
Preceded byMoudud Ahmed
Succeeded byMoudud Ahmed
Personal details
Born1946 (age 77–78)
SpouseMoudud Ahmed
Parent
Alma mater
OccupationWriter and environmentalist

Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud (born 1946)[1] is a Bangladeshi writer, environmentalist and a retired politician who served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Noakhali-5 constituency in the 3rd and 4th parliament during 1986–1990.[2][3]

Family

Hasna was born to poet Jasimuddin (1903–1976) and Begum Mamtaz Jasimuddin (d. 2006).[4] Her siblings include Jamal Anwar, Firoz Anwar, Khurshid Anwar and Asma Elahi.[4] Hasna is married to Moudud Ahmed, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and former Vice President and Prime Minister of Bangladesh.[4] Hasna's eldest son, Asif Momtaz Moudud, died at the age of 3.[5] Her second son, Aman Momtaj Moudud, died of dengue fever in 2015.[6][7]

Education

Moudud completed her bachelor's from the University of Dhaka in 1965 and master's from the University of Dayton in 1969.[8]

Career

Moudud was elected as the chairperson of 2015-2016 Bangladesh National Committee of International Union for Conservation of Nature members.[9][10] She is currently a Mittal Institute Research Affiliate and a former Senior Fellow at the Harvard University Asia Center.[10]

Moudud published a book, Mystic Poetry of Bangladesh, in 2017 and Where Women Rule: South Asia.[11]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Moudud, Hasna Jasimuddin (1946-) - People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  2. 1 2 "Ten receive Anannya Award". The Daily Star. 2005-03-13. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  3. ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  4. 1 2 3 "Palli Kabi Jasimuddin's wife passes away". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  5. ↑ "Moudud's son dies". The Daily Star. 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  6. ↑ "Aman's Ordeal". The Daily Star. 2015-10-24. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  7. ↑ "BNP leader Moudud Ahmed's only son dies of dengue fever". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  8. ↑ "Hasna-Jasimuddin-Moudud-CV-2014" (PDF). mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  9. ↑ "Hasna Moudud elected Chairperson of IUCN". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  10. 1 2 "Q + A with Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud: The Secret History of the Silk Road". The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute. 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  11. ↑ "English translation of Charyapada launched". The Daily Star. 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
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