Mahmudul Hasan (general)

Major General (Retd) Mahmudul Hasan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former member of parliament from Tangail-5.

Mahmudul Hasan
Member of Parliament for Tangail-5
In office 10 October 2001 – 25 December 2008
Preceded by	Abdul Mannan
Succeeded by	Abul Kashem
Personal details
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan (Before 1972)  Bangladesh
Branch/service	Pakistan Army  Bangladesh Army
Years of service	1954–1987
Rank	Major General
Unit	Corps of Engineers
Commands	Commander of 14th Independent Engineers Brigade GOC of 66th Infantry Division ENC of Army Headquarters
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

Career

Hasan retired from Bangladesh Army as a major general. He served in the cabinet of President Hossain Mohammad Ershad as the Home Minister.^[1]

Hasan was elected to Parliament on 29 December 2012 from Tangail-5 in a by-election. The by-election was called after the Bangladesh Election Commission cancelled the election of Jatiya Party MP Abul Kashem.^[2]

He is also the founder of Major-general Mahmudul Hasan Ideal College, Tangail.^[3]