| Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud | |
| Constituency Mp: | Noakhali-5 |
| Term Start: | 10 July 1986 |
| Term End: | 6 December 1990 |
| Predecessor: | Moudud Ahmed |
| Successor: | Moudud Ahmed |
| Father: | Jasimuddin |
| Occupation: | Writer and environmentalist |
| Children: | 3 (2 deceased) |
Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud [1] is a Bangladeshi writer, environmentalist and a retired politician who served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Noakhali-5 constituency in the 3rd and 4th parliament during 1986–1990.[2]
Hasna was born to poet Jasimuddin (1903–1976) and Begum Mamtaz Jasimuddin (d. 2006).[3] Her siblings include Jamal Anwar, Firoz Anwar, Khurshid Anwar and Asma Elahi.[3] Hasna is married to Moudud Ahmed, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and former Vice President and Prime Minister of Bangladesh[3] until his death in 2021. Hasna's eldest son, Asif Momtaz Moudud, died at the age of 3.[4] Her second son, Aman Momtaj Moudud, died of dengue fever in 2015.[5] [6]
Moudud completed her bachelor's from the University of Dhaka in 1965 and master's from the University of Dayton in 1969.[7]
Moudud was elected as the chairperson of 2015-2016 Bangladesh National Committee of International Union for Conservation of Nature members.[8] [9] She is currently a Mittal Institute Research Affiliate and a former Senior Fellow at the Harvard University Asia Center.[9]
Moudud published a book, Mystic Poetry of Bangladesh, in 2017 and Where Women Rule: South Asia.[10]