Sajeeb Wazed

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sajeeb Wazed

• Sajeeb Wazed belongs to the Tungipara Sheikh family, one of the two most prominent Bangladeshi political families.

• He was born during the Liberation War of Bangladesh and the victory of the Bengalis led to his nickname Joy.

• In 1975, while he was in Germany visiting his father who worked there along with his mother, sister, and aunt, his grandparents and uncles were murdered during a military coup in Bangladesh.

• His family was not allowed to enter Bangladesh by the military until 1981.

• In 1981, he returned to Bangladesh along with his family after which his mother became the president of the Awami League Party and began working to restore democracy in Bangladesh.

• Later, Wazed moved to India to complete his schooling. After completing his schooling, he moved to the United States to pursue his further education.

• In the United States, he started a firm known as Wazed Consulting Inc. and began working as its President.

• Wazed came into the limelight in Bangladesh politics after his return to the country in 2004 which was highly publicized.

• In 2009, he once again made the headlines after his statements praising his mother’s actions in the BDR Mutiny case.

• In 2007, the World Economic Forum featured him in the Young Global Leader list as an Information Technology (IT) specialist.

• He is considered the mastermind of the Digital Bangladesh initiative, an initiative by the government to improve the country in various sectors including telecommunications, internet connectivity and speed, digitization, and media.

• He was appointed by the government to promote the Vision 2021 manifesto of the Awami League.

• Wazed has worked as a lobbyist and columnist for the Bangladeshi government.