Nasrul Hamid
Nasrul Hamid (born 13 November 1964) is an Awami League politician and the State Minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources of Bangladesh. Early life and education. Hamid was born on 13 November 1964. He completed his S.S.C. in 1980, and his H.S.C. in 1982 from the Dhaka Residential Model College. He completed his bachelor's degree from Dhaka University. Career. He took primary membership of the Awami League in 1995, being appointed as the General Secretary of the Keraniganj Upazila Awami League. He competed in the General Election of 2001. Hamid was elected to  Parliament from Dhaka-3 (Keraniganj) in 2008. He received 112,623 votes while his nearest rival, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 70,680 votes. Hamid was re-elected in 2014 from Dhaka-3 unopposed after the election was boycotted by all major parties including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Hamid was elected to Parliament from Dhaka-3 as a candidate of Awami League in 2018. During the election his rival Gayeshwar Chandra Roy of Bangladesh Nationalist Party was assaulted by Awami League activists and police officers from Detective Branch. He visited Roy after the incident and expressed regreats. Hamid has been serving as  State Minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources from 2014. He has been appointed again to the same position for second time in the year of 2019 and he has joined on January 7, 2019. He is also a patron of CRI (Center for Research and Information), which is the Research Wing of Awami League. Awards. Hamid was awarded the Order of Civil Merit (Orden del Civil Mérito) of Spain from Spanish Ambassador Álvaro de Salas Giménez de Azcárate on behalf of King Felipe VI of Spain at a programme in Dhaka. On behalf of the Ministry  of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources, Nasrul Hamid recently received The Independence Award, the highest civilian award of Bangladesh Government. The award was handed over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for securing 100% electricity in Bangladesh.