Mostafa Mohsin Montu

Mostafa Mohsin Montu (born 2 February 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician and former Member of Parliament. He is the Incumbent Secretary General of Gano Forum.

Mostafa Mohsin Montu
মোস্তফা মোহসীন মন্টু
Secretary-General, Gano Forum
Assumed office
2009
Member of Parliament
for Dhaka-3
In office
7 May 1986 – 3 March 1988
Preceded byNizam Uddin Khan
Succeeded byMd. Saifur Rahman
Personal details
Born (1945-02-02) 2 February 1945
Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Political partyBangladesh Awami League Gano Forum
Occupationpolitician

Early life

Montu was born on 2 February 1945 at Dhanmondi in Dhaka of the then British Raj to Mir Jahan and Rahela Khatun.[1]

Career

Montu was involved in Bangladesh Awami League politics from his student life. Later, he was elected President of Jubo League, youth wing of Awami League. He was the Secretary of Awami League's Dhaka City branch. He was expelled from Awami League in 1992 and joined Kamal Hossain's Gano Forum.[2] In 2009, he was elected Secretary General of Gano Forum.[3]

Montu was elected a member of parliament from the Dhaka-3 constituency as an Awami League candidate during the third parliamentary election in 1986.[4] In the fifth parliamentary elections in 1991, he contested again from Dhaka-3 under Awami League banner but he was defeated by BNP's Amanullah Aman.[5]

References
  1. "Holofnama" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  2. আওয়ামী লীগ থেকে ড. কামাল যেভাবে বেরিয়ে আসেন. BBC News (in Bengali). 8 November 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. আওয়ামী লীগ বনাম সাবেক আওয়ামী লীগ. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). November 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. "3rd Jatiya Sangsad members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. "Mostafa MohsinMontu". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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