He is a former Bangladesh State Minister of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-3 constituency.

[5] He has completed a course on leadership titled “Leaders in Development: Managing Change in a Dynamic World” from the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University.

[12] Hamid has been serving as State Minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources since 2014.

He immediately handed it back to the premiere in recognition of her role in bringing the entire Bangladesh under electric coverage.

[17] 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 program in Dhaka.