Syeda Rizwana Hasan | |
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সৈয়দা রিজওয়ানা হাসান | |
 Rizwana Hasan in 2024 | |
| Adviser for Environment, Forest and Climate Change | |
| Assumed office 9 August 2024 | |
| Chief Adviser | Muhammad Yunus |
| Preceded by | Saber Hossain Chowdhury |
| Adviser for Water Resources | |
| Assumed office 16 August 2024 | |
| Chief Adviser | Muhammad Yunus |
| Preceded by | Zaheed Farooque |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 January 1968 Habiganj, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Spouse | AB Siddique [1] |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Known for | Contributions in shipbreaking industry Chief Executive of the BELA |
| Awards |
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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]
- ^ bdnews24.com. "Rizwana Hasan's husband found in Kalabagan". Rizwana Hasan's husband found in Kalabagan. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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- ^ "Syeda Rizwana Hasan". Goldman Environmental Prize. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
- ^ 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.'