Mainul Hosein
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Mainul Hosein | |
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মইনুল হোসেন | |
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| Law, Information and Land Advisor | |
| In office 14 January 2007 – 8 January 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Fakhruddin Ahmed |
| Preceded by | Md. Fazlul Haque |
| Succeeded by | A F Hasan Arif |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office March 1973 – May 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Constituency | Bhandaria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1940 |
| Died | 9 December 2023 (aged 83) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| Relatives | Anwar Hossain Manju (brother) Khandaker Mahbub Hossain (uncle) |
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| Occupation | Lawyer, printer and publisher of The New Nation |
Mainul Hosein (31 January 1940 – 9 December 2023) was a Bangladeshi lawyer and the publisher of the daily newspaper The New Nation.[1] He was chairman of the editorial board of The Daily Ittefaq, whose building was shelled and completely demolished on 25 March 1971 by the Pakistan Army. He served as the law, information and land adviser to the immediate past interim Government of Bangladesh during January 2007 – January 2008.[2]
Hosein was born on 31 January 1940 to a Sunni Bengali family in the village of Bhandaria, then part of the Backergunge District of Bengal. He is the son of Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah, founding editor of The Daily Ittefaq, and brother of former government minister Anwar Hossain Manju.[3] Hosein's paternal grandfather, Moslehuddin Miah, was originally from Faridpur.[4] His mother was the daughter of Khandaker Abul Hasan Faridpuri of Bamna. Hosein's maternal ancestor, Khondkar Munshi Samiruddin, was the naib (deputy) of Taluqdar Hosenuddin Chowdhury, the second Zamindar of Bamna. His maternal uncles are lawyer Khandaker Mahbub Hossain and journalist Khandaker Shahadat Hossain.[5]
Hosein earned his bachelor's in political science from the University of Dhaka in 1961.[6] He joined Middle Temple to study law. He was called to the Bar in 1965 and became a Barrister-at-Law.[6]
Career
Hosein was elected to the parliament in 1973 from Pirojpur constituency as a member of Bangladesh Awami League[6] headed by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who eventually became the prime minister. Hosein however, resigned from the parliament along with M. A. G. Osmani, Commander-in-chief of Bangladesh Forces during the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence, in May 1975 after the then President Rahman instituted one-party system of government through the Fourth Amendment to the constitution.[6]
Hosein joined the Democratic League party, led by Khondaker Moshtaq Ahmad in 1976 well after Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad was ousted from power on 6 November 1975. Hosein along with other members of the Democratic League were subsequently jailed for three months by Major General Ziaur Rahman after trying to form an opposition platform to challenge BNP in the upcoming polls.[6]
Hosein served as the president of Bangladesh Sangbadpatra Parishad, an association of newspaper owners. He was elected the president of Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association for the term 2000–2001.[6]
Hosein joined the caretaker government as the law, information and land adviser on 14 January 2007.[7] During his tenure, Bangladesh formally declared the separation of the government's executive and judicial functions on 1 November 2007.