Sir Dr. Fazle Hasan Abed
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------------------------------------------------- Native name ফজলে হাসান আবেদ
Born 27 April 1936 (age 77)
Baniachong, British India
(now Habiganj, Bangladesh)
Residence Bangladesh
Nationality Bangladeshi
Ethnicity Bengali
Citizenship British
Education Naval Architecture
Alma mater Dhaka College
University of Glasgow
Occupation Social worker
Known for Founder and chairman of BRAC
Parents Siddiq Hasan (father)
Syeda Sufya Khatun (mother)

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG (Bengali: ফজলে হাসান আবেদ; born 27 April 1936) is a Bangladeshi social worker and the founder chairman of BRAC(formerly, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee). For his outstanding contributions to social improvement, he has received the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the UNDP Mahbub Ul Haq Award, the inaugural Clinton Global Citizen Award and the inaugural WISE Prize for Education. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services in tackling poverty and empowering the poor in Bangladesh and globally.
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Early life
Abed was born into the esteemed Hasan family, Baniachong, British India (now Habiganj, Bangladesh). He passed the matriculation exam from Pabna Zilla School and went on to complete his higher secondary education from Dhaka College.
He left home to attend University of Glasgow, where, and in an effort to break away from tradition and do something radically different - he studied Naval Architecture. But there was little work in ship building in Pakistan and a career in Naval Architecture would make returning home difficult. With that in mind, Abed joined