Mostafa Ali ( bn, মোস্তফা আলী; 1921–26 July 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician and advocate. He was the former Member of Parliament of Sylhet-19 as an Awami League representative.

Early life and education

Ali was born in 1921, to a

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family in the village of Muriauk in Lakhai,

Habiganj Habiganj ( bn, হবিগঞ্জ) is a major town and district headquarters of Habiganj District in the division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Population: Total population of Habiganj is about 95,000 Railroad * Habiganj Bazar–Shaistaganj–B ...

(then under Sylhet district) in the

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of the

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. He passed his matriculation from Habiganj Government High School in 1937, and enrolled at the St. Xavier's College in

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from where he earned his

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in 1942. He also graduated with a Bachelor of Law from the

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in 1941.

Career

Ali began his career as a lawyer, and later became the president of the Habiganj Bar Association.He joined the

All Pakistan Awami Muslim League Awami League ( ur, ; bn, আওয়ামী লীগ) was a Pakistani political party founded by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in February 1950. Pir of Manki Sharif and Khan Ghulam Mohammad Khan from the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) joine ...

in 1952 and participated in the Bengali Language Movement. In 1954, Ali became the secretary of the Awami League's Habiganj subdivisional branch and was elected as its president in 1958. He represented the Awami League in the

1970 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 7 December 1970 to elect members of the National Assembly. They were the first general elections since the independence of Pakistan and ultimately the only ones held prior to the independence of Bangla ...

and was successfully elected to the NE-120 (Sylhet-I) constituency. However, the assembly was not formed and later led to the Bangladesh Liberation War. During the war, Ali served as the convener of the Habiganj Subdivision Sangram Council and was a member of the

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. In

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, he served as sub-regional administrator for the Provisional Government of Bangladesh. During the first set of elections in the newly-established country, Ali preserved his seat in the

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of B ...

as a

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candidate from Sylhet-19. On 17 July 1975, he was appointed as the Governor of Habiganj Subdivision under the BAKSAL regime. He was also the chairman of the Habiganj Red Cross and served as the chairman of Habiganj Central Co-operative Bank from 1970 to 1972. Ali was elected to parliament from Sylhet-19 as an Awami League candidate in 1973.

Death

Ali died on 26 July 1975 in

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References

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