Syed Mahibul Hasan
Syed Mahibul Hasan was a Bangladeshi politician. He served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sylhet-16 constituency and later joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, serving as a minister under President Ziaur Rahman.
Early life and education
Hasan was born in 1924 at Narapati village in what was then Sylhet district of British India. He earned a B. A. from Calcutta University and became a lawyer.Career
Hasan stood as a Muslim League candidate in the 1962 Pakistani provincial election, winning a seat in the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly. In the 1965 Pakistani provincial election he contested the PE-117 Sylhet-VII seat. It was won by Syed Sayeed-ud-Din Ahmad.Hasan contested the Sylhet-III constituency of the 1970 [Pakistani general election|National Assembly in 1970] as an independent candidate. A. K. [Latifur Rahman Chowdhury] of the Awami League won the seat by a wide margin.
Hasan competed in the 1979 Bangladeshi general election as an independent candidate, winning a seat in the Sylhet-16 constituency. 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 (president)|Abdus Sattar], Hasan served as the State Minister of Industries and Commerce. 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 in Bangladesh|1990 Mass Uprising].
He died before May 2015, and is buried in Narapati village, Chunarughat Upazila, Habiganj District, Bangladesh.