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| name = A. N. M. Yusuf<br />
| native_name = এ. এন. এম. ইউসুফ<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| office = Member of Parliament for [[Moulvibazar-2]]<br />
| term_start = 1986<br />
| term_end = 1988<br />
| predecessor = ''Position established''<br />
| successor = [[Nawab Ali Abbas Khan]]<br />
| president = [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]]<br />
| vicepresident = [[A. K. M. Nurul Islam]]<br />
| primeminister = [[Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury]]<br />
| birth_date = 1918<br />
| birth_place = Daudpur, [[Kulaura]], [[Sylhet region|Sylhet District]], [[Assam Province]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|10|22|1918}}<br />
| spouse = Lutfunnahar<br />
| children = ANM Abed Raza, ANM Khalid Lucky<br />
| death_place = Rushmono Clinic, [[Maghbazar]], [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]<br />
| party = [[Bangladesh Muslim League]] <br />
}}<br />
'''A. N. M. Yusuf''' was a [[Bangladesh Muslim League]] politician, poet, writer and the former Member of Parliament of [[Moulvibazar-2]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Yusuf was born and raised in the village of Daudpur in [[Kulaura]], [[Sylhet region|Sylhet District]], [[Assam Province]], [[British India]]. He was raised in a wealthy [[Bengali Muslim]] family and completed [[Hajj]] later on in his life. He studied in Sylhet Government High School before completing his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[LLB]] and [[Master of Arts|MA]] at the [[University of Dhaka]]. During his time in high school, he was deputy commander for the Sylhet City Green Force - an affiliated branch of the [[All-India Muslim League]]. He was also one of the leaders of the All-India Muslim Students Federation's Assam branch.<br />
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==Career==<br />
During the [[Sylhet referendum]] movement in 1947, Yusuf volunteered as a local captain for the [[All-India Muslim League]]. He was also a councillor for the Muslim League during the [[Partition of India]].<br />
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During the [[1964 East Pakistan riots]], Yusuf was a summoner for the New Town Peace Committee. In 1968, he became the secretary of the [[Dhaka National Medical College]] Hospital for three years. He also started a law business in Dhaka as a qualified advocate. He served as the elected president of Dhaka Attorney Bar Association, Pakistan Attorney Bar Association, Bangladesh Attorney Bar Association and Dhaka Metropolitan Bar Association. He was also a member of Moulvibazar District Bar Association, Narsingdi District Bar Association and Gazipur District Bar Association. As the leader of the Lawyers Coordinating Council, which is made up of various organisations, he played an important role towards the demands of lawyers. He convened and presided over the Law Convention convened in Dhaka in December 1969 in protest of the Reform Ordinance.<br />
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Following the Assam Line movement, he wrote a poem on Ikhlas, a protester who violated [[Section 144]] and died. He also wrote a poem on the [[Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi]]. He was also published a monthly, known as ''Foriyad'', where he would write about history and politics.<ref>{{cite book|title=অবিস্মরণীয় এ.এন.এম. ইউসুফ|author=Husayn, Muhammad Anwar|language=bn|publisher=[[Bangladesh Muslim League]]|year=2012|trans-title=Unforgettable ANM Yusuf}}</ref><br />
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On 14 February 1971, he was elected as the General Secretary for the East Pakistan Provincial (Convention) Muslim League. Following the [[Independence of Bangladesh]], he became vice-president for the [[Bangladesh Muslim League]]. He was imprisoned from 1972 to 1974 for political reasons. In 1979, he became vice-president of [[Dhaka National Medical College]] Hospital's governing body until 1981. During his time in Dhaka, he was the founder Convener of the Kulaura Samiti. He was also associated with the Jalalabad Association from its inception and the elected president of the New Market Hawkers Association. As the acting secretary of the Sylhet Flood Relief Committee formed by the Jalalabad Association, he showed his skills as a fearless social worker.<br />
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Yusuf helped towards the establishment of many schools such as Kulaura Model College, Jalaliya Aliya Madrasa, Chowdhury Bazar Hafizia Madrasa, Sripur Yusuf-Ghani High School and College, Langla Modern College, Abu Nasir Shah College in addition to a number of orphanages and mosques. He also donated towards [[Jagannath University]], Dhaka Metropolitan Bar Gazipur, Narsingdi District Bar Association,<br />
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Yusuf took part in the elections of 1962, 1965 and 1979 as a representative of [[Kulaura]]. He was elected to parliament from [[Moulvibazar-2]] as a [[Bangladesh Muslim League]] candidate in 1986.<ref>{{cite web |title="List of 3rd Parliament Members" |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |website=parliament.gov.bd |accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Yusuf died on 22 October 2009 at the Rushmono Clinic in [[Maghbazar]], [[Dhaka]].<br />
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[[Category:3rd Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
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