Mostafa Ali (Bengali: 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.

Advocate
Mostafa Ali
Governor of Habiganj Subdivision
In office
17 July 1975 – 26 July 1975
PresidentSheikh Mujibur Rahman
Member of 1st Jatiya Sangsad
In office
7 March 1973 – 6 November 1976
Succeeded byJunab Ali
ConstituencySylhet-19
Member of the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh
In office
1971 – 6 November 1973
Personal details
Born1921
Lakhai, Habiganj, Sylhet district
Died26 June 1975(1975-06-26) (aged 53–54)
Bangladesh
Political partyAwami League
BAKSAL
Alma materSt. Xavier's College
University of Calcutta

Early life and education

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Ali was born in 1921, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Muriauk in Lakhai, Habiganj (then under Sylhet district) in the Assam Province of the British Raj. He passed his matriculation from Habiganj Government High School in 1937, and enrolled at the St. Xavier's College in Calcutta from where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1942. He also graduated with a Bachelor of Law from the University of Calcutta in 1941.

Career

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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 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 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 Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh. In Mujibnagar, 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 as a Bangladesh Awami League 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.[1]

Death

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Ali died on 26 July 1975 in Bangladesh.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ ""List of 1st Parliament Members"" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 March 2021.