Muhammad Yusuf Ali

Muhammad Yusuf Ali was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Minister of Housing and Public Works.^[1][2]

Early life

He was born in Farakkabad, Biral, Dinajpur on 1923. He studied at Dinajpur Academy High School and later went onto Ripon College and Surendranath College. In 1953 he finished his masters from Dhaka University in Bangla Language and Literature. He went to Law School in Rajshahi University and later joined the Dinajpur district bar.^[2]

Career

He was a professor Nawabganj College and afterwards at Surendranath College. He joined awami league in 1960 and in 1962 was elected to the East Pakistan Legislative Assembly. In 1965 he was elected to the Pakistan Constituent Assembly. He was involved in a numer of Bengali Nationalist movements including Six point movement, Agartala Conspiracy Case and 1969 uprising in East Pakistan. He was elected to the national assembly of Pakistan.^[2]

He moved to India during Bangladesh Liberation war. On 17 April 1971 he read declaration of independence of Bangladesh at the oath taking ceremony of Mujibnagar Government. In the Mujibnagar Government he was the chairman of Youth Control Board. It recruited and trained personal for the Mukti Bahini. He was the first minister for Education and Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman cabinet. In 1975 he was the Labour Minister in the BAKSAL. In 1975 after the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman he joined the Khandakar Mushtaq Ahmed government.^[2]

In 1977 he was the secretary-general Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury fraction of Bangladesh Awami League. He joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party after a failed parliamentary election. In 1979 he was Minister of Textile in Ziaur Rahman cabinet. In 1981 he was the Minister of Jute and Textile in Justice Abdus Sattar cabinet. He joined Jatiya Party in 1985. In 1986 he served as relief and rehabilitation minister under President Ershad.^[2]

Death

On December 1998 he died.^[2]

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