Syed Mahibul Hasan ( bn, সৈয়দ মহিবুল হাসান) was a Bangladeshi politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from the former Sylhet-16 constituency and later joined the

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the maj ...

, serving as a minister under President

Ziaur Rahman Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military Officer (armed forces), officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from Presidency of Ziaur Rahman, 1977 to 1981. He was Assassinat ...

Early life and family

Mahibul Hasan was born into a

Bengali Muslim Bengali Muslims ( bn, বাঙালি মুসলমান; ) are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising about two-thirds of the global Bengali population, they are the se ...

family of

Syeds ''Sayyid'' (, ; ar, سيد ; ; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: ; feminine: ; ) is a surname of people descending from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, sons of Muhammad' ...

in Narapati Haveli (uttar) in

Chunarughat Chunarughat ( bn, চুনারুঘাট) is an Upazila of Habiganj District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Geography Chunarughat is located at . It has 43660 households and total area 495.52 km2. History Rajapur (Tekarghat) i ...

Habiganj Habiganj ( bn, হবিগঞ্জ) is a major town and district headquarters of Habiganj District in the division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Population: Total population of Habiganj is about 95,000 Railroad * Habiganj Bazar–Shaistaganj–B ...

(then under

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). His paternal family trace their lineage to

Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...

, the fourth

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of Islam.

Career

Mahibul 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

1970 East Pakistan Provincial Assembly election Provincial elections were held in East Pakistan on 17 December 1970, ten days after general elections. A total of 1,850 candidates ran for the for 300 seats in the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly. The result was a landslide victory for the Awa ...

, he contested as an independent candidate, losing to

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politician

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. He 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, which won 207 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 51.3%. The Awami League became the main opposition party after winning ...

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

Abdus Sattar ʻAbd al-Sattār (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الستّار) is an Arabic Muslim male given name, built on the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Sattār''. The name means "servant of the Veiler (of sins)". Because the letter s is a sun lette ...

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

1986 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 May 1986. A total of 1,527 candidates contested the election. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 61.1%. Bangladesh Nationalist Party, th ...

, he independently contested for the

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constituency but lost to

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politician

Chowdhury Abdul Hai Chowdhury Abdul Hai is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Habiganj-3 Habiganj-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Md. Abu Zahir o ...

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

Personal life

Mahibul Hasan was married to Suraiya Hasan and they had one son and one daughter. Their daughter,

Syeda Rizwana Hasan Syeda Rizwana Hasan (born 15 January 1968) is a Bangladeshi attorney and environmentalist. She has particularly focused on regulations for the shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, and was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009. She was ...

, is a lawyer and environmentalist.

References

Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing People from Chunarughat Upazila Politicians from Sylhet Division Bangladeshi people of Arab descent 20th-century Bengalis Pakistan Muslim League politicians {{Sylhet-politician-stub