| Abul Hasnat | |
| Native Name: | আবুল হাসনাত |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Office: | 1st Mayor of Dhaka |
| Predecessor1: | Position established |
| Successor1: | Mohammad Abdul Malek |
| Successor: | Mirza Abbas |
| Predecessor: | Naziur Rahman Manzur |
| Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Termend2: | 10 May 1982 |
| Termend3: | 6 December 1990 |
| Termend4: | 6 December 1990 |
| Termstart4: | 24 May 1990 |
| Termstart3: | 20 October 1990 |
| Termstart1: | 31 October 1977 |
| Termstart2: | 27 November 1981 |
| Termend: | 12 December 1990 |
| Termstart: | 3 December 1990 |
| Termend1: | 9 May 1982 |
| Office2: | Minister of Housing and Public Works |
| President2: | Abdus Sattar |
| Predecessor2: | Muhammad Jamiruddin Sarkar |
| President3: | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| Primeminister3: | Kazi Zafar Ahmed |
| Successor2: | Abdul Mannan Siddique |
| Predecessor3: | Mostafa Jamal Haider |
| Successor3: | Wahiduddin Ahmed |
| Office4: | Member of Parliament |
| Constituency4: | Dhaka-9 |
| Predecessor4: | Md Korban Ali |
| Successor4: | Muhammad Jamiruddin Sarkar |
| Otherparty: | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
| Birth Place: | Lalbagh, Dacca district, Bengal Province |
| Death Date: | 16 September 2022 (aged 82) |
| Death Place: | London, England |
| Resting Place: | Azimpur Graveyard, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Abul Hasnat (– 16 September 2022)[1] was a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer. He was the founding member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee.[2]
Abul Hasnat was born in to a Bengali family of Sardars in Lalbagh, Old Dhaka. His father, Ghani Sardar, was a former chairman of the Azimpur Union Committee.[3]
Abul Hasnat served as the first mayor (elected by the commissioners) of Dhaka City Corporation during 1977–1982 and, again, in 1990.[4] In the cabinet of Abdus Sattar, he served as the Minister of Housing and Public Works from 27 November 1981 to 10 May 1982.
Abul Hasnat joined the Jatiya Party in 1990. He was elected to parliament from Dhaka-9 in 1990 in a by-election as a candidate of Jatiya Party. He served as Minister of Housing and Public Works in the cabinet of Hussein Mohammad Ershad from 20 October 1990 to 6 December 1990.
Abul Hasnat later rejoined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and served as a member of the BNP's standing committee.
Abul Hasnat died at 5pm on 16 September 2022 in his own home in London, England. He was buried next to his father at the Azimpur Graveyard in Dhaka.