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The ruling Awami League in its 22nd triennial council on Saturday selected the party’s top leadership. Sheikh Hasina has been reelected to the post of president for the tenth consecutive time, and Obaidul Quader as the general secretary for third time in a row.
They were reelected for the next three years at the second session of the event held in the auditorium of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) in Dhaka.
AL leader Amir Hossain Amu proposed Sheikh Hasina as president of the party, and Mostafizur Rahman Fizar seconded the motion. Sheikh Hasina, also the prime minister, was elected unopposed as there were no opposing candidates for the post.
Advocate Yusuf Hossain Humayun, chairman of Election Commission formed for conducting the party polls, declared Sheikh Hasina as the AL president and Obaidul Quader as the general secretary.
Later, newly elected president of AL Sheikh Hasina announced the names of presidium members, joint general secretaries, organising secretaries and secretariat members.
Presidium Members are Begum Matia Chowdhury, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Kazi Zafar Ullah, Engr Mosharraf Hossain, Piyush Kanti Bhattacharya, Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, Lt Col Muhammad Faruk Khan, Shajahan Khan, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Abdur Rahman, AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya Bir Bikram, Adv Md Qamrul Islam, Simeen Hussain Rimi and Dr Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin.
Joint-General Secretaries are Dr Hasan Mahmud, Mahbubul-Alam Hanif, Dr Dipu Moni and AFM Bahauddin Nasim.
Organising Secretaries are Ahmed Hossain, BM Mozammel Haque, Abu Saeed Al Mahmud Swapan, SM Kamal Hossain, Mirza Azam, Advocate Afzal Hossain, Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel and Sujit Roy Nandi.
Besides, Treasurer HN Ashequr Rahman, Finance and Planning Affairs Secretary Waseqa Ayesha Khan, International Affairs Secretary Dr Shammi Ahmed, Legal Affairs Secretary Advocate Najibullah Hiru, Agriculture and Co-operative Affairs Secretary Faridunnahar Laily, Information and Research Affairs Secretary Dr Selim Mahmood, Relief and Social Welfare Secretary Aminul Islam Amin, Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap, Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua, Religious Affairs Secretary Advocate Sirajul Mostafa, Forestry and Environmental Affairs Secretary Delwar Hossain, Science and Technology Affairs Secretary Engineer Md Abdus Sabur, Liberation War Affairs Secretary Advocate Mrinal Kanti Das, Youth and Sports Secretary Harunur Rashid, Education and Human Resource Secretary Shamsun Nahar Chapa, Commerce and Industries Secretary Md Siddiqur Rahman, Cultural Affairs Secretary Asim Kumar Ukil, Health and Population Affairs Secretary Dr Rokeya Sultana and Women Affairs Secretary Jahanara Begum.
