Hussein Shahid Suhrawardy
| Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy | |
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| হোসেন শহীদ সোহ্রাওয়ার্দী حسین شہید سہروردی |
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| 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
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In office 12 September 1956 – 17 October 1957 |
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| President | Iskander Mirza |
| Preceded by | Chaudhry Muhammad Ali |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 12 September 1956 – 17 October 1957 |
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| Preceded by | Chaudhry Muhammad Ali |
| Succeeded by | Mumtaz Daultana |
| Prime Minister of Bengal | |
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In office 3 July 1946 – 14 August 1947 |
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| Governor | Frederick Burrows |
| Preceded by | Khawaja Nazimuddin |
| Succeeded by | Post Abolished |
| Personal details | |
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8 September 1892 Midnapore, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 5 December 1963 (aged 71) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Resting place | Mausoleum of three leaders, Dhaka |
| Political party | Awami League |
| Alma mater |
St. Xavier's College, Calcutta University of Calcutta St Catherine's College, Oxford Inns of Court School of Law |
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (English IPA: ɦusæŋ ʃɑid sɦuɾɑwɑɾdɪə; Urdu: حسین شہید سہروردی; Bengali: হোসেন শহীদ সোহ্রাওয়ার্দী; 8 September 1892 – 5 December 1963) was a Pakistani politician and statesman from Bengal in the first half of the 20th century. He served as the last Prime Minister of Bengal during the British Raj and following the independence of Pakistan in 1947, he became a leading populist statesman of East Pakistan and served as the fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Born into a prominent Bengali Muslim family, Suhrawardy was educated at Oxford, and joined the Swaraj Party of Chittaranjan Das upon returning to India in 1921. He became the Mayor of Calcutta, the largest city in British India, during the 1930s, and later, as a member of the All-India Muslim League, assumed the premiership of Bengal in the mid-1940s. Along with Sarat Chandra Bose, Suhrawardy mooted the United Bengal proposal, in an attempt to prevent the Partition of Bengal. Following the independence of Pakistan in 1947, he became a leading populist statesman of East Pakistan, leaving the Muslim League to join the newly formed centre-left Awami League in 1952. Along with A. K. Fazlul Huq and Maulana Bhashani, he led the pan-Bengali United Front alliance to a resounding victory in the 1954 East Bengal elections and defeated the Muslim League.
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