ASHK Sadek explained

ASHK Sadek
Office:Minister of Education
Term Start:23 June 1996
Term End:15 July 2001
Predecessor:Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar
Successor:Osman Faruk
Constituency Mp1:Jessore-6
Term Start1:1996
Term End1:2006
Predecessor1:Md. Shakhawat Hossain
Successor1:S. K. Abdul Wahab
Birth Date:30 April 1934
Birth Place:Jessore District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Party:Bangladesh Awami League
Spouse:Ismat Ara Sadek
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Alma Mater:Williams College
University of Cambridge
University of Calcutta
Relatives:Anwarul Hossain Khan Chowdhury (brother-in-law)
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Kunya:Abū Sharaf
أبو شرف
Laqab:Ḥizb al-Qādir
حزب القادر
Nasab:ibn Yaḥyā Ṣādiq
بن يحيى صادق
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]

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.[3]

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 at Williams College in Massachusetts, United States.[4]

Career

Sadek joined the civil service of Pakistan in 1956.[5] 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.[5]

Death and legacy

Sadek died on 9 September 2007. 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Tributes paid to ASHK Sadek. The New Nation. 9 October 2016.
  2. News: Mujibnagar Day Celebration Committee meeting held. bdnews24.com. 9 October 2016.
  3. News: Ex MP Anwar Choudhury's wife Rahat passes away . 9 May 2020 . The Asian Age . en.
  4. News: এ এস এইচ কে সাদেকের মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী কাল . Ei Bela. 8 September 2015. 6 May 2017. bn.
  5. Sadeq,_ASHK.
  6. News: ASHK Sadeks 8th death anniv today. Daily Sun. 9 October 2016. 10 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170510100733/http://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/74275/ASHK-Sadekrsquosnbsp-8th-death-anniv-today. dead.
  7. News: Polls freer, fairer under emergency: Ershad. bdnews24.com. 2016-10-09.