Syed J R Mudassir Husain | |
Native Name: | সৈয়দ জে আর মোদাচ্ছির হোসেন |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | 14th Chief Justice of Bangladesh |
Term Start: | 27 January 2004 |
Term End: | 28 February 2007 |
Predecessor: | Khondokar Mahmud Hasan |
Successor: | Md. Ruhul Amin |
Birth Date: | 1 March 1940 |
Birth Place: | Laskerpur Village, Habiganj, Sylhet District, Assam Province, British India |
Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka |
Appointer: | Iajuddin Ahmed |
President: | Iajuddin Ahmed |
Primeminister: | Khaleda Zia Iajuddin Ahmed (acting) Fazlul Haque (acting) Fakhruddin Ahmed (acting) |
Syed J. R. Mudassir Husain (born 1 March 1940) is a Bangladeshi jurist who served as the 14th Chief Justice of Bangladesh during 2004–2007.[1]
Husains' uncle, Syed A. B. Mahmud Hossain, was the second Chief Justice of Bangladesh.[2] Husain completed his BA and LLB from the University of Dhaka.[3]
Husain was enrolled as a High Court advocate in 1965. He was then appointed as a High Court judge on 18 February 1992 and elevated to the Appellate Division on 5 March 2002.[3]
Husain was appointed assistant attorney general in 1977 and deputy attorney general on 8 January 1984.[3]
Husain worked as part-time lecturer at Central Law College, Dhaka during 1966–78.[3]
Husain is married to Syeda Majida Khatun. Together they had three daughters and a son.[3]