New Committee of SPD Hardtberg: Dr Abdul Hai President Elected  

Bonn, March 20
Former DW journalist and social democratic politician Dr. Abdul Hai got elected as President, while former Chairman of Bonn Integration Council Binnaz Öztoprak has been elected as Vice President of SPD Hardtberg.
In the general meeting on Thursday SPD delegates elected 6-member new executive committee for one year. Treasurer Christoph Unger has been re-elected in the same position. Other office bearers are Teym Al-Zubaidi, Sarah Riedel, Helmut Theiler. 
Dr Abdul Hai is also an Expert Member in the Science, Europe and International Committee of the Bonn City Council. Former US National Press Foundation (NPF) fellow and Editor of print magazine Schimanto (Die Grenze) Dr. Abdul Hai expressed gratitude to the party members for electing him for this important position.  
Notably, Dr. Abdul Hai has been living and engaged in several socio-cultural and civic activities in Bonn since 2009 and actively working with SPD since 2020. He has worked in DW, Bangladesh Television (BTV), Bangladesh News Agency (BSS), the Daily Star and the New Nation for about one decade. With two other colleagues he won the Hostwriter Media Award from Berlin in 2016.
Dr. Hai has worked with One World Network NRW for five years since 2017. He has been honored with Panos Fellowship and Panos South Asia Award in 2007 for his series of in-depth reports on poverty alleviation and poverty reduction strategies. In the development field, he has worked with Life Learning Development e.V., Afridat Innovation UG, BASUG Diaspora and Development, BNNRC, CCD and PANOS South Asia with significant responsibilities.