Mainul Hosein

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Barrister Mainul Hosein is the chairman of the editorial board of the Daily Ittefaq, the largest circulating daily Bengali news publication in Bangladesh. Mainul was the Law, Information and Land advisor to the current interim Government of Bangladesh for one year (January 13, 2007 - January 9, 2008).

On January 11th, 2007, the President of Bangladesh declared a State of Emergency and suspended the elections which were scheduled to be held on the 22nd of January.

The President had also been serving as the Chief Advisor of the Caretaker Government and on 11th January resigned from that post, nominating Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed as the Chief Advisor.

Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed selected Barrister Mainul Hosein as an Advisor to the Caretaker Government. He received the portfolios of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, Land and Information. However, he was dismissed.

Hosein was elected to Parliament in 1973 from his village Constituency at Bhandaria in the district of Pirojpur (Barisal) as a member of Awami League. Mainul Hosein along with General Osmani resigned from from the parliament in May 1974 after Sheikh Mujib abolished democracy in the country and instituted one-party system of government through the Fourth Amendment to the constitution.

He is the President of Bangladesh Sangbadpatra Parishad, an association of newspaper owners. Mr. Hosein was elected President, Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association for the term 2000-2001.

Mr. Hosein is the eldest son of Manik Miah, the founder of the Daily Ittefaq. He obtained his B.A. Hons in Political Science with distinction from Dhaka University in 1961. He left for London to study Law and joined Middle Temple Inn. He was called to the Bar in 1965 and became a Barrister-at-Law.