Syed Mahibul Hasan was a Bangladeshi politician. He served as a

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member representing the Sylhet-16 (now defunct) constituency and later joined the

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, serving as a minister under President

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Early life and family

Mahibul Hasan was born into a

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family of

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in Narapati Haveli (uttar) in

Chunarughat Chunarughat (), is an Upazila of Habiganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Geography Chunarughat is located at . It has 61,132 households and total area 495.50 km2. History Rajapur (Tekarghat) in Chunarughat was the capital ...

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(then under

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Career

Hasan stood as a

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candidate during an election in 1964 where he successfully won a seat in the

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. During the

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, he contested as an independent candidate, losing to

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politician Manik Chowdhury. Hasan competed in the

1979 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the party of the incumbent military regime, which won 207 of the 300 directly elected seats, although it only won ...

as an independent candidate, winning a seat in the Sylhet-16 constituency. He later joined the

and served as the

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in the cabinet of President

. During the presidency of

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, Mahibul Hasan served as the State Minister of Industries and Commerce. In the

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, he independently contested for the Habiganj-3 constituency but lost to

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politician Chowdhury Abdul Hai. Hasan later joined the Jatiya Party, but retired from politics following the 1990 Mass Uprising.

Personal life

Hasan was married to Suraiya Hasan and they had a son and a daughter,

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. Rizwana is a lawyer and environmentalist.

References

People from Chunarughat Upazila Politicians from Sylhet Division 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members Pakistan Muslim League politicians Year of birth missing Former Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians {{Sylhet-politician-stub