What is Munawar Hasan?
'''Syed Munawar Hasan''' ({{lang-ur| سید منور حسن}}; (5 August 1941– 26 June 2020) was a Pakistani politician. He was the [[Emir|Ameer]] (President) of [[Islamist]] party [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan|Jamaat-e-Islami]], [[Pakistan]] from 2009 to 2014.<ref name=Dawn>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1096635/sirajul-haq-elected-as-new-ji-chief|title=Sirajul Haq elected as new (Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan) JI chief|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|date=30 March 2014|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> He was born in [[Delhi]], [[British India]]. In late March 2014, Hasan became the first sitting emir or head in the history of JI to be voted out of office when [[Siraj-ul-Haq Khan]] was elected Ameer by the Jamaat Arakeen (JI members with voting rights).<ref name=Dawn1>{{cite news|last1=Jamal|first1=Nasir|title=Analysis: Why Jamaat discarded Munawar Hasan|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1096947|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|date=1 April 2014|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> Hasan died at a hospital in [[Karachi]] from [[COVID-19]] on 26 June 2020, aged 78.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/551472-Former-JI-ameer-Syed-Munawar-Hassan-passes-away|publisher=dunyanews.tv|title=Former JI ameer Syed Munawar Hassan passes away|date=26 June 2020|access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hasan, Munawar}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Karachi]] [[Category:Politicians from Karachi]] {{bio-stub}}