Syed Haider Ali

Syed Haider Ali
সৈয়দ হায়দার আলী
Member of 1st Jatiya Sangsad
In office
1973–1976
Preceded byM. A. Matin
Succeeded byM. A. Matin
ConstituencyPabna-2
Personal details
Bornc. 1933
Sirajganj, Pabna District, Bengal Presidency
DiedJanuary 3, 2013(2013-01-03) (aged 79–80)
Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyAwami League

Syed Haidar Ali (Bengali: সৈয়দ হায়দার আলী; died 3 January 2013) was a Bangladeshi politician, businessman and freedom fighter. He was the former Member of Parliament of Pabna-2.[1]

Early life and family[edit]

Syed Haidar Ali was born in c. 1933 as the youngest son of Syed Akbar Ali, in Sirajganj, then part of the Pabna District. Ali belonged to a Bengali Muslim family of Syeds. He had two sons and one daughter. His son-in-law, Syed Shahed Reza, was the Bangladeshi Ambassador to Kuwait.[2]

Career[edit]

Ali was active in the six point movement and Bengali language movement, and took part in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. He was elected to parliament from Pabna-2 as an Awami League candidate following the 1973 Bangladeshi general elections.[3]

He established the Syed Akbar Ali High School in the village of Chandidasganti.[1]

Death[edit]

Ali died at his own home in Gulshan on 3 January 2013.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Dulal, Rabiul Karim; Khan, Abdur Rashid, eds. (1993). সিরাজগঞ্জের কৃতিসন্তান (in Bengali). Pratik Prakashani. p. 96.
  2. ^ a b "সাবেক সাংসদ সৈয়দ হায়দার আলী আর নেই". Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 3 January 2013.
  3. ^ ""List of 1st Parliament Members"" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 12 April 2020.