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	\| president = [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman\|Mujibur Rahman]]		\| president = [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman\|Mujibur Rahman]]
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	\| alma_mater = [[Maulana Azad College]]<br />[[Aligarh Muslim University]]		\| alma_mater = [[Maulana Azad College]]<br />[[Aligarh Muslim University]]
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	==Early life==		==Early life==
			Muhammad Mansur Ali was born on 16 January 1917 to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family of [[Sarkar (surname)\|Sarkars]] in the village of Kuripara in [[Kazipur Upazila\|Qazipur]], [[Sirajganj District\|Sirajganj]] (then under [[Pabna District]]), [[Bengal Presidency]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.smamedicalcollege-bd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105&Itemid=131 \|title=In Memorium \|website=SMA Medical College \|access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref> His father's name was Haraf Ali Sarkar.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://bangladesh50.gov.bd/memorable/captain-m-mansur-ali\|language=bn\|title=ক্যাপ্টেন এম মনসুর\|website=[[:bn:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতার সুবর্ণজয়ন্তী\|Bangladesh at 50]]}}</ref> Mansur pursued his education in Kolkata Islamia College (now [[Maulana Azad College]]). He would pursue a [[Master of Arts\|MA]] degree in economics and law from the [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. During this period Mansur became an active member of the [[All-India Muslim League\|Muslim League]], which under [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] demanded a separate [[Muslim]] state of [[Pakistan]]. He served as the vice-president of the [[Pabna District]] Muslim League from 1946 to 1950. During this time, in 1948, he joined the newly formed volunteer force [[National Guard of Pakistan]], received training at [[Jessore Cantonment]] and got the rank of P.N.G.[[Captain (land and air)\|Captain]]. Deciding to practise law, he enrolled in the Pabna District Court in 1951.<ref name=":0">{{Cite Banglapedia\|article=Ali, Captain M Mansur}}</ref>
	Muhammad Mansur Ali was born on 16 January ~~1919~~ in Kuripara, [[Kazipur Upazila\|~~Kazipur~~]], [[Sirajganj District]] ~~in the province of~~ [[Bengal]] ~~(now in Bangladesh)~~.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.smamedicalcollege-bd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105&Itemid=131 \|title=In Memorium \|website=SMA Medical College \|access-date=21 March ~~2016~~}}</ref> Mansur pursued his education in Kolkata Islamia College (now [[Maulana Azad College]]). He would pursue a [[Master of Arts\|MA]] degree in economics and law from the [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. During this period Mansur became an active member of the [[All-India Muslim League\|Muslim League]], which under [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] demanded a separate [[Muslim]] state of [[Pakistan]]. He served as the vice-president of the [[Pabna District]] Muslim League from 1946 to 1950. During this time, in 1948, he joined the newly formed volunteer force [[National Guard of Pakistan]], received training at [[Jessore Cantonment]] and got the rank of P.N.G.[[Captain (land and air)\|Captain]]. Deciding to practise law, he enrolled in the Pabna District Court in 1951.<ref name=":0">{{Cite ~~web~~ \|~~url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ali,_Captain_M_Mansur \|title~~=Ali, Captain M Mansur ~~\|website=Banglapedia \|access-date=11 October 2016~~}}</ref>

	==Political career==		==Political career==
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	==Death==		==Death==
	On 15 August 1975, Mujib was [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman\|assassinated]] along with his family by a group of military officers. The [[15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état\|15 August coup d'état]] was masterminded by [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad]], a disgruntled member of Mujib's regime who would become president. Mansur went into hiding immediately after the killing. When Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad invited Awami League leaders such as Mansur Ali, [[Syed Nazrul Islam]], [[A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman]] and [[Tajuddin Ahmad]] to join his government, they refused.<ref name=":0" /> They were arrested by the army on 23 August 1975. Refusing to support Ahmad's regime, they were murdered while incarcerated in the [[Dhaka]] Central Jail on 3 November, which was one of the key points for the [[3 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état\|3 November coup]], which already ousted Ahmad from power again.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/12/02/supreme-court-publishes-full-judgment-of-jail-killing-case \|title=Supreme Court publishes full judgment of Jail Killing case \|work=bdnews24.com \|access-date=14 April ~~2016~~}}</ref>		On 15 August 1975, Mujib was [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman\|assassinated]] along with his family by a group of military officers. The [[15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état\|15 August coup d'état]] was masterminded by [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad]], a disgruntled member of Mujib's regime who would become president. Mansur went into hiding immediately after the killing. When Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad invited Awami League leaders such as Mansur Ali, [[Syed Nazrul Islam]], [[A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman]] and [[Tajuddin Ahmad]] to join his government, they refused.<ref name=":0" /> They were arrested by the army on 23 August 1975. Refusing to support Ahmad's regime, they were murdered while incarcerated in the [[Dhaka]] Central Jail on 3 November, which was one of the key points for the [[3 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état\|3 November coup]], which already ousted Ahmad from power again.<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/12/02/supreme-court-publishes-full-judgment-of-jail-killing-case \|title=Supreme Court publishes full judgment of Jail Killing case \|work=bdnews24.com \|access-date=14 April 2022}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	*{{cite web \|last=Hariharan \|first=R. \|url=http://www.saag.org/papers12/paper1158.html \|title=Getting Away With Murder: Politicisation of Crime in Bangladesh \|website=South Asia Analysis Group \|date=5 November 2004 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204175719/http://www.saag.org/papers12/paper1158.html \|archive-date=4 December ~~2004~~}}		* {{cite web \|last=Hariharan \|first=R. \|url=http://www.saag.org/papers12/paper1158.html \|title=Getting Away With Murder: Politicisation of Crime in Bangladesh \|website=South Asia Analysis Group \|date=5 November 2004 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204175719/http://www.saag.org/papers12/paper1158.html \|archive-date=4 December 2022}}
	*{{cite book \|last=Rahman \|first=Syedur \|year=2010 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA88 \|title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh \|edition=4th \|publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc \|page=88 \|isbn=9780810874534}}		* {{cite book \|last=Rahman \|first=Syedur \|year=2010 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA88 \|title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh \|edition=4th \|publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc \|page=88 \|isbn=9780810874534}}

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{{short description|3rd Prime Minister of Bangladesh}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Muhammad Mansur Ali
| native_name = মোঃ মনসুর আলী
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Monsur ali.jpg
| alt = Sculpture of Muhammad Mansur Ali
| caption = Sculpture of Muhammad Mansur Ali
| imagesize =
| office = [[List of Prime Ministers of Bangladesh|3rd]] [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]]
| president = [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|Mujibur Rahman]]
| term_start = 25 January 1975
| term_end = 15 August 1975
| predecessor = [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|Mujibur Rahman]]
| successor = [[Mashiur Rahman (politician from Rangpur)|Mashiur Rahman]] (Acting)
| birth_date = 16 January 1917
| birth_place = [[Sirajganj District|Kuripara]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now [[Sirajganj District|Sirajganj]], [[Bangladesh]])
| death_date = November 3, 1975 (Aged 58)
| death_place = Dhaka Central Jail
| party = [[BAKSAL|Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League]] (1975)
| otherparty = [[All-India Muslim League]] (Before 1949) [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] (1949–1975)
| alma_mater = [[Maulana Azad College]] [[Aligarh Muslim University]]
| children = [[Mohammad Selim]]
[[Mohammed Nasim]]

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Md. Maruf Ahmed

Md. Monjur Hossain

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'''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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Baig |first=Md. Azom |year=2012 |chapter=Ali, Captain M Mansur |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ali,_Captain_M_Mansur |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

==Early life==

Muhammad Mansur Ali was born on 16 January 1919 in Kuripara, [[Kazipur Upazila|Kazipur]], [[Sirajganj District]] in the province of [[Bengal]] (now in Bangladesh).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smamedicalcollege-bd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105&Itemid=131 |title=In Memorium |website=SMA Medical College |access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> Mansur pursued his education in Kolkata Islamia College (now [[Maulana Azad College]]). He would pursue a [[Master of Arts|MA]] degree in economics and law from the [[Aligarh Muslim University]]. During this period Mansur became an active member of the [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]], which under [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] demanded a separate [[Muslim]] state of [[Pakistan]]. He served as the vice-president of the [[Pabna District]] Muslim League from 1946 to 1950. During this time, in 1948, he joined the newly formed volunteer force [[National Guard of Pakistan]], received training at [[Jessore Cantonment]] and got the rank of P.N.G.[[Captain (land and air)|Captain]]. Deciding to practise law, he enrolled in the Pabna District Court in 1951.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ali,_Captain_M_Mansur |title=Ali, Captain M Mansur |website=Banglapedia |access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref>

==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 [[Urdu]] as the sole official language, in what became known as the [[Bengali language movement|Language Movement]]. Mansur and his party demanded that [[Bengali language|Bengali]] also receive recognition and the provinces be granted [[autonomy]]. After his release, Mansur was elected a member of the East Pakistan Legislative Assembly in 1954 as a candidate of the [[United Front (East Pakistan)|United Front]] alliance of various political parties. In the cabinet headed by [[Ataur Rahman Khan]], Mansur served in different periods as the province's minister of law, parliamentary affairs, food, agriculture, commerce and industry. Mansur was re-arrested in the aftermath of the coup détat led by [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]], who became [[President of Pakistan]] and imposed [[martial law]]. He would remain incarcerated from 1958 to 1959.<ref name=":0" />
Mansur Ali played an important role in the [[Six point movement]] led by [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], who demanded substantial regional autonomy and opposed the military regime. In the 1970 elections, he was elected member of the legislative assembly. At the outbreak of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] in 1971, Mansur went underground to organise a [[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]].<ref name=":0" />

== 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 Selim]] became an advocate from Bangladesh and studied for the BAR at Lincoln's Inn, he is a prominent political figure and became Presidium member for Awami League and held the position of Chairman of Bangladesh Foreign affairs committee as well as being an MP representing his fathers constituency Kazipur in Sirajganj District. His second son [[Mohammed Nasim (Bangladesh)|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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=I spent nine months in the same cell my father was murdered|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2017/11/03/spent-nine-months-cell-father-murdered|date=2017-11-03|website=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2020-05-17}}</ref>

==Death==
On 15 August 1975, Mujib was [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|assassinated]] along with his family by a group of military officers. The [[15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état|15 August coup d'état]] was masterminded by [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad]], a disgruntled member of Mujib's regime who would become president. Mansur went into hiding immediately after the killing. When Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad invited Awami League leaders such as Mansur Ali, [[Syed Nazrul Islam]], [[A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman]] and [[Tajuddin Ahmad]] to join his government, they refused.<ref name=":0" /> They were arrested by the army on 23 August 1975. Refusing to support Ahmad's regime, they were murdered while incarcerated in the [[Dhaka]] Central Jail on 3 November, which was one of the key points for the [[3 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état|3 November coup]], which already ousted Ahmad from power again.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/12/02/supreme-court-publishes-full-judgment-of-jail-killing-case |title=Supreme Court publishes full judgment of Jail Killing case |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite web |last=Hariharan |first=R. |url=http://www.saag.org/papers12/paper1158.html |title=Getting Away With Murder: Politicisation of Crime in Bangladesh |website=South Asia Analysis Group |date=5 November 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204175719/http://www.saag.org/papers12/paper1158.html |archive-date=4 December 2004}}
*{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA88 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |edition=4th |publisher=Scarecrow Press, Inc |page=88 |isbn=9780810874534}}

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