Muhammad Mansur Ali

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Muhammad Mansur Ali
মোঃ মনসুর আলী
Mashiur Rahman (Acting)
Minister of Finance of the Provisional Government
In office
17 April 1971 – 12 January 1972
PresidentSheikh Mujibur Rahman
Syed Nazrul Islam (Acting)
Prime MinisterTajuddin Ahmad
Succeeded byTajuddin Ahmad
2nd Leader of the House
In office
25 January 1975 – 15 August 1975
Preceded bySheikh Mujibur Rahman
Succeeded byShah Azizur Rahman
Personal details
Born16 January 1917
Awami League (1949–1975)
ChildrenMohammad Selim

Mohammed Nasim

Md. Rezaul Karim

Md. Maruf Ahmed

Md. Monjur Hossain

Shirin Hussain
Alma materMaulana Azad College
Aligarh Muslim University

Muhammad Mansur Ali (16 January 1917 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician who was a close confidant of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh. A senior leader of the Awami League, Mansur also served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 1975.[1]

Early life

Muhammad Mansur Ali was born on 16 January 1917 to a

Muslim state of Pakistan. He served as the vice-president of the Pabna District Muslim League from 1946 to 1950. He received training at Jessore Cantonment as a captain in PLG (Pakistan Lancers Group) in 1948. Since then he was widely known as Captain Mansur. Deciding to practise law, he enrolled in the Pabna District Court in 1951.[4]

Political career

He would soon be elected member of Awami League's central executive committee and president of its Pabna District unit. Mansur was arrested by police in 1952 for helping to organise protests against the declaration of

Ayub Khan, who became President of Pakistan and imposed martial law. He would remain incarcerated from 1958 to 1959.[4]
Mansur Ali played an important role in the
government in exile. Mansur became the minister of finance in the Mujibnagar government. After the independence of Bangladesh, Mansur was the minister of communications and later home affairs. After the introduction of a one-party, presidential system in 1975, Mujib became the President of Bangladesh. Mansur was appointed the prime minister. He helped Mujib organise the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League.[4]

Personal life

He married Begum Amina the daughter of a District Judge from the area of Rangpur. They had five sons and one daughter. His eldest son Dr

Mohammad Nasim also became a leader of prominence and was MP and held ministerial posts of Telecoms and Home for Awami League government between 1996 and 2001.[5]

Statue of Muhammad Mansur Ali

Death

On 15 August 1975, Mujib was

3 November coup, which already ousted Ahmad from power again.[6]


References

  1. ^ Baig, Md. Azom (2012). "Ali, Captain M Mansur". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  2. ^ "In Memorium". SMA Medical College. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  3. ^ "ক্যাপ্টেন এম মনসুর". Bangladesh at 50 (in Bengali).
  4. ^ . Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. ^ "I spent nine months in the same cell my father was murdered". Dhaka Tribune. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Supreme Court publishes full judgment of Jail Killing case". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

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Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Bangladesh
1975
Succeeded by
Mashiur Rahman

Acting