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Hasanul Haq Inu (born 12 November 1946) is Bangladesh's incumbent Information Minister. He is a Bangladeshi politician and the leader of a faction of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD). He is one of the leaders of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance. He played an important role by taking an active part in Bangladesh's Liberation War. He was also a noted footballer of the 1960s. His home is in Bheramara, Kushtia.
In the secondary examination he placed 18th on the merit list. He spent his college life at Notre Dame College. He was then admitted to the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Bangladesh University of Engineering (BUET) and earned his bachelor's degree with great distinction. He spent barely six months of his professional life as a chemical engineer.
In the 1960s he earned considerable renown as goalkeeper of the Mohammedan Sporting Club of the then East Pakistan. He later gave up his sporting career to take part in politics.
Student politics, the nationalist movement, the struggle for independence and the Liberation War:
- 1969: general secretary of the Chhatra League BUET unit
- 14 February 1970: led the military-style march-past of the Chhatra League's 'Sergeant Zahur Bahini', formed in memory of martyred Sergeant Zahur
- 7 June 1970: led the military-style march-past of the Chhatra League's 'Joy Bangla Bahini'
- 23 March 1971: performed the responsibility of formally hoisting the flag of independent Bengal at Paltan on behalf of the Independent Bangladesh Chhatra Sangram Parishad (Student Struggle Council)
- 1971: took part in the Liberation War; served as camp chief and trainer at the guerrilla training centre of the Bangladesh Liberation Force - BLF (Mujib Bahini) set up at Tandua, India, and gave guerrilla warfare training to about 10,000 freedom fighters.
National politics:
- May 1972: given responsibility by Bangabandhu as founding general secretary of the Jatiya Krishak League (National Farmers League).
- 31 October 1972: played a role as a founding member of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), the country's first opposition party.
- 7 November 1975: played a role in the sepoys-and-people uprising as deputy chief of the Ganabahini and aide to Colonel Taher.
- 1983: played a pioneering role in building a united democratic movement against the military dictator Ershad, forming the 15-party alliance and the liaison committees of the 15-party and 7-party groups. Later, to carry the democratic movement against the Ershad military dictatorship along an uncompromising course, formed the 5-party group and, setting up liaison committees of the 5-party, 7-party and 8-party alliances, ran a united movement and played a pioneering role in organising the mass uprising of 1990.
- 1986: elected general secretary of JSD.
- 1992: played a role in forming the Left Front and was the Left Front's first convener.
- 31 October 2002: elected president of JSD.
- 31 May 2005: elected president of JSD for a second time.
- 8 January 2010: elected president of JSD for the third time.
- From 2001: played a pioneering role in building a united political movement against the misrule of the then BNP-Jamaat coalition government and against communal, militant and fundamentalist groups, forming the 14-party alliance and the Grand Alliance.
Other positions:
- Former chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (2008-13, September 2012)
- Chairman, All-Party Group on Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
- Co-chairperson, Parliamentary Caucus on Indigenous Rights
- Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh
Arrests and imprisonment:
- Arrested and imprisoned on 23 November 1975.
- In 1976, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment by a secret military court in the Colonel Taher hanging case.
- 13 June 1980: released from prison.
- Arrested and imprisoned twice during the Ershad military rule.
Sports:
- Football Blue, BUET, 1970
- 1965-1970: played in the Dhaka First Division Football League for Central Printing and Stationery Club, East End Club, Wari Club and finally Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club
- 1969: took part in the All-Pakistan national competition in Lahore as a member of the East Pakistan champion combined East Pakistan university football team
- 1969-70: took part as a member of the East Pakistan youth football team
- 1965: took part in the East Pakistan sports competition and placed second in the high jump
- 1966: took part in the Pak-German sports competition as a member of the Pakistan sports team and placed third in the high jump
Publications:
- Bangladesh Encircled by Three Marks (Tin Dage Ghhera Bangladesh)
- The Army's Presence in Bangladesh's Politics
- New Strategy of the Democratic Struggle
- More than two hundred political essays
Foreign travel:
India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Japan, Turkey, North Korea, South Korea, the Philippines, Bahrain, Oman, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, the former Soviet Union, the former Czechoslovakia, the United States, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia, and various other countries.
Personal and family information:
| Father | Late H. M. Kamrul Haque, at one time general manager of Karnaphuli Paper Mills Ltd |
| Mother | Late Begum Hasnahena Haque |
| Wife | Afroza Haque Rina, president of Jatiya Nari Jote (JSD's affiliate women's organisation) and general secretary of Peshaji Nari Samaj (Professional Women's Society) |
| Child | 1 son, engineer Shomit Ashfaque Haque, graduate in Computer Science and Engineering |
| Ancestral home | Village: Golapnagar; thana and upazila: Bheramara; district: Kushtia |
| Permanent address | 137, Darus Salam, Mirpur, Dhaka-1000 |
| Education | BSc in Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering (BUET), 1970; Higher Secondary, Notre Dame College, Dhaka; Secondary, Karnaphuli Paper Mills High School, Chandraghona, Rangamati district |
