Syed Mohsin Ali | |
Native Name: | সৈয়দ মহসিন আলী |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Birth Date: | 12 December 1948 |
Birth Place: | Sylhet, East Bengal, Pakistan |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Occupation: | politician |
Death Place: | Singapore General Hospital, Singapore |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Office: | Minister of Social Welfare |
Term Start: | 12 January 2014 |
Term End: | 14 September 2015 |
Predecessor: | Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid |
Successor: | Nuruzzaman Ahmed |
Office1: | Member of Parliament for Moulvibazar-3 |
Term Start1: | 2008 |
Term End1: | 14 September 2015 |
Predecessor1: | Naser Rahman |
Successor1: | Syeda Saira Mohsin |
Office2: | President Moulvibazar District Awami League |
Term Start2: | 1998 |
Term End2: | 2005 |
Predecessor2: | Azizur Rahman |
Successor2: | Md. Abdus Shahid |
Spouse: | Syeda Saira Mohsin |
Awards: | Independence Day Award |
Syed Mohsin Ali (12 December 1948 – 14 September 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician. He served as the Member of Parliament from Moulvibazar-3 and the Social Welfare Minister of the government of Bangladesh. He was given Independence Day Award in 2017 by the government of Bangladesh.[1]
Ali began his education in Kolkata. He passed Junior Cambridge and Senior Cambridge from St. Xavier's College. Then he studied in Bengali medium for some days in Bangladesh. Then again he completed diploma in management from Kolkata.[2]
Ali started his politics as a Bangladesh Chhatra League activist. He served as the president of the Moulvibazar unit of Awami League during 1998–2005. He was elected as the municipality's chairman three times.[3] He fought the Liberation War as a commander of the Mukti Bahini under General MAG Osmani and was a member of the central committee of Sector Commanders Forum.[4] He was a member of the National Freedom Fighters' Council and a central committee member of the Sector Commanders' Forum.
Ali was married to Syeda Saira Mohsin, also a Member of Parliament.[5]
Ali died on 12 January 2015 in Singapore. He is buried next to his parents in the graveyard next to Dargah-e-Shah Mustafa.[6]