Rizwana Hasan

Syeda Rizwana Hasan
সৈয়দা রিজওয়ানা হাসান
Rizwana Hasan in 2024
Adviser for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Assumed office
9 August 2024
PresidentMohammed Shahabuddin
Chief AdviserMuhammad Yunus
Preceded bySaber Hossain Chowdhury
Adviser for Water Resources
Assumed office
16 August 2024
PresidentMohammed Shahabuddin
Chief AdviserMuhammad Yunus
Preceded byZaheed Farooque
Personal details
Born (1968-01-15) 15 January 1968 (age 57)
Habiganj, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
SpouseAB Siddique [1]
Children3
Parent
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
ProfessionLawyer
Known forContributions in shipbreaking industry
Chief Executive of the BELA
Awards

Syeda Rizwana Hasan (born 15 January 1968) is a Bangladeshi lawyer and environmentalist. She is currently an adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh and as Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.[2] As an environmentalist, her work is focused on regulations for the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, and was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009.[3] She was also awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012 for her "uncompromising courage and impassioned leadership in a campaign of judicial activism in Bangladesh that affirms the people's right to a good environment as nothing less than their right to dignity and life."[4]

  1. ^ bdnews24.com. "Rizwana Hasan's husband found in Kalabagan". Rizwana Hasan's husband found in Kalabagan. Retrieved 8 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Yunus-led interim govt sworn in". The Daily Star. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Syeda Rizwana Hasan". Goldman Environmental Prize. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  4. ^ Sarmiento, Christine Joy (26 July 2012). "2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award winners announced". Asian Journal. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012. Syeda Rizwana Hasan, from Bangladesh, is being recognized for 'her uncompromising courage and impassioned leadership in a campaign of judicial activism in Bangladesh that affirms the people's right to a good environment as nothing less than their right to dignity and life.'

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