Syed Hossain Mansur | |
Honorific Suffix: | Tara Mia |
Office1: | Member of 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan |
Term Start1: | 1962 |
Term End1: | 1965 |
Constituency1: | Pabna-II |
Successor1: | Abdullah al Mahmood |
Office2: | Member of 2nd Jatiya Sangsad |
Term Start2: | 1979 |
Term End2: | 1986 |
Constituency2: | Pabna-7 |
Predecessor2: | Abdur Razzak Mukul |
Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Syed Hossain Mansur, also known by his daak naam Tara Mia (Bengali: তারা মিঞা), was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and former Member of Parliament for the Pabna-7 constituency. He also served as a member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan.[1] Mansur served in the national assembly's standing committee on external affairs and was a prominent leader of the Awami League in the East Pakistan period.
Mansur was born to a Bengali Muslim family of Syeds from Shahzadpur in Sirajganj, Pabna District, Bengal Presidency.[2]
In 1962, Mansur was elected to the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan as a representative of the Pabna-II constituency.[3] He was elected again during the 1970 East Pakistan Provincial Assembly election, as an Awami League candidate. In 1979, he was elected to the Jatiya Sangsad from Pabna-7 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate.[4]