(ক) গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি পদাধিকারবলে বাংলাদেশের টীফ স্কাউট । তিনি বাংলাদেশের স্কাউট আন্দোলনের প্রেরণা ও উদ্দীপনার মূল উৎস। চীফ স্কাউট ইচ্ছা করলে এর যে কোন সভা এবং অনুষ্ঠানে যোগদান করতে পারবেন ।

(খ) যে কোন স্থানে ও সময়ে তিনি জাতীয় কাউন্সিলের সভা ডাকতে এবং সেই সভায় সভাপতিত্ব করতে পারবেন ।

(গ) জাতীয় কাউন্সিলের সাধারণ সভা তিনি মূলতবী অথবা স্থগিত ঘোষণা করতে পারবেন।

(ঘ) “গঠন ও নিয়ম' এর বিধি মোতাবেক স্কাউট সংগঠন সম্পর্কে তার সিদ্ধান্তই

 চূড়ান্ত বিবেচিত হবে।

(ঙ) জাতীয় কাউন্সিলের সুপারিশক্রমে তিনি তার স্বাক্ষরিত সনদপত্র দ্বারা প্রধান জাতীয় কমিশনার নিয়োগ করবেন। 

(চ) প্রধান জাতীয় কমিশনারের সুপারিশক্রমে তিনি নিজ স্বাক্ষর জাতীয় কমিশনার এবং আঞ্চলিক কমিশনারদের সনদ দেবেন । 

(ছ) প্রধান জাতীয় কমিশনারের সুপারিশক্রমে তিনি প্রেসিডেন্ট'স স্কাউট ও প্রেসিডেন্ট'স রোভার স্কাউট অ্যাওয়ার্ড প্রদান অনুমোদন করবেন এবং তাতে স্বাক্ষর করবেন। 

President takes oath as Chief Scout

His Excellency Mr. Abdul Hamid,Hon’ble President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh took oath as the Chief Scout of Bangladesh on 30 July 2013 Tuesday at a ceremony at Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban.
The Bangladesh Scouts chief National Commissioner, Abul Kalam Azad, administered the oath to him and adorned him with a scarf of the chief scout.
During the ceremony, 125 scouts and three rover scouts were also awarded ‘President’s Scouts Award’ and President’s Rover Scouts Award’ for the year of 2011 and 2012. The president handed over the awards to 14 scouts and one rover scout among the award recipients. Abdul Hamid asked the scouts to increase their knowledge of information technology for surviving in the competition with the developed world. ‘We have to be skilled in computer technology to survive in the competition with the developed world. I hope Bangladesh scouts will play a pivotal role in facing this challenge,’ he said. The President called upon all scouts members to step forward to ensure the country’s socio-economic advancement. ‘The Bangladesh government always provides cooperation and assistance for development and expansion of the Scouts activities and it will be further extended in future,’ he said.

Profile of

Mr. Md. Abdul Hamid

Hon’ble President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh &

Hon’ble Chief Scout of Bangladesh Scouts.

His Excellency Mr. Abdul Hamid was born in 1944 at the village Kamalpur under Mithamoin Sub-District of Kishoregonj. He was matriculated from Nikly GC High School and had his IA and BA from Guru Dayal College in Kishoregunj. Later on he was graduated in Law form Dhaka Central Law College and joined the Bar for legal practice.

Mr. Hamid has a dedicated career in politics and social welfare. He involved in politics in 1959 as a member of Chattra League. In 1961 he took part in political movement against the autocratic rule of the then President Gen. Ayub Khan and he was sent to jail fro several times. He held various political offices including General Secretary of the College Student Union, President of Chatra League in Kishoregunj sub division, Vice President of Mymensingh District Chatra League and joined the Awami League in 1969.

Mr. Abdul Hamid participated at the glorious war of liberation in 1971. He went to India and led the independence struggle as the Chairman of Meghalaya recruiting camp in Agartala and Sub-Sector Commander of Bangladesh Liberation Force (Mujib Bahini) for the then Sunamgunj and Kishoregunj Sub-Divisions. On the final victory of 16 December 1971, he played the major catalyst’s role to repatriate the Bengali refugees staying in different camps of India’s Meghalaya state. He came back home on 10 January 1972 and celebrated the home coming of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, from a long time captivity at Pakistani jail, on the same day.

Immediately after his return to the newly liberated land, he administered the chair of Kishoregunj Relief and Rehabilitation Committee and was entrusted with responsibilities of the Vice President of Kishoregunj Awami League in 1974. After the cruel assassination of the Father of the Nation, Mr. Hamid was arrested by the then Gen. Zia’s autocratic military regime during 1976-78. He served as the President of District Awami League from 1978 to 2009 and also carried out the responsibilities of Kishoregonj District Bar Association President from 1990 to 1996. As a social activist and patron of cultural and educational initiatives, Mr. Hamid established several Primary Schools, High Schools and Colleges at Mithamoin Sub-District.

He has a luminous political trajectory. He was the youngest member elected for the Pakistan National Assembly in 1970 from Mymensingh, member of the Constituent Assembly 1972, elected MP for the National Parliament of Bangladesh in 1973, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 from Bangladesh Awami League. Mr. Hamid was the Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament from 1996 to 2001 and became the Speaker of the House from July to October 2001. He was the Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2001 to 2006. Mr. Abdul Hamid became the Speaker of the Parliament again in 2009. He became the Acting President of the Republic on 14 March 2013.  Mr. Abdul Hamid has been elected the 20th President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh unopposed on 22 April 2013.

Mr. Abdul Hamid is married with 3 sons and a daughter. His interests rest on International Politics, Contemporary History and Comparative Study of Constitutions around the world.

Ref: 1. http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd  2.  http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd