Syed Mahibul Hasan | |
Native Name: | সৈয়দ মহিবুল হাসান |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Birth Place: | Chunarughat, Habiganj, British Raj |
Office: | Member of 2nd Jatiya Sangsad |
Term Start: | 18 February 1979 |
Term End: | 12 February 1982 |
Predecessor: | Gias Uddin Chowdhury |
Successor: | Syed Mohammad Qaisar |
Constituency: | Sylhet-16 |
Children: | Syeda Rizwana Hasan |
Party: | Pakistan Muslim League Bangladesh Nationalist Party Jatiya Party |
Syed Mahibul Hasan (Bengali: 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, serving as a minister under President Ziaur Rahman.[1]
Mahibul Hasan was born into a Bengali Muslim family of Syeds in Narapati Haveli (uttar) in Chunarughat, Habiganj (then under Sylhet district). His paternal family trace their lineage to Ali, the fourth Caliph of Islam.[2]
Mahibul Hasan stood as a Muslim League candidate during an election in 1964 where he successfully won a seat in the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.[3] During the 1970 East Pakistan Provincial Assembly election, he contested as an independent candidate, losing to Awami League politician Manik Chowdhury.
He competed in the 1979 Bangladeshi general election as an independent candidate, winning a seat in the Sylhet-16 constituency.[4] He later joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and served as the Minister of Labour in the cabinet of President Ziaur Rahman. During the presidency of Abdus Sattar, Mahibul Hasan served as the Minister of Industries and Commerce.[5] In the 1986 Bangladeshi general election, he independently contested for the Habiganj-3 constituency but lost to National Awami Party politician Chowdhury Abdul Hai. Hasan later joined the Jatiya Party, but retired from politics following the 1990 Mass Uprising.
Mahibul Hasan was married to Suraiya Hasan and they had one son and one daughter. Their daughter, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, is a lawyer and environmentalist.[6]