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Hosein is a lawyer by profession and former chairman of the editorial board of The Daily Ittefaq and now of The New Nation. He was selected as an Advisor to the military-backed Caretaker Government. He received the portfolios of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, Land, and Information. That happened after 11 January military takes over. On January 11, 2007, the President of Bangladesh declared a State of Emergency under the pressure of an army group led by Moeen and suspended the elections which were scheduled to be held on January 22. The President had also been serving as the Chief Advisor of the Caretaker Government and on January 11 resigned from that post, nominating Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed as the Chief Advisor. However, Hosein was forced to resign from the interim government one year after taking oath after making baseless, derogatory and partisan remarks against various political leaders of the country including two former prime ministers Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia on January 8, 2008. During the caretaker government, the country's two heads of major political parties, Sheikh Hasina and Khaled Zia were arrested. Mainul was elected to Parliament in 1973 from his village constituency at Bhandaria in the district of Pirojpur (Barisal) as a member of Awami League. Hosein along with General Osmani resigned from the parliament in May 1975 after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman abolished democracy in the country and instituted a one-party system of government through the Fourth Amendment to the constitution. Hosein joined the Democratic League which was formed in 1978, led by Khondaker Moshtaq Ahmad, one of the allegedly conspirers of the Mujib assassination. Moshtaq who was the president (as a puppet placed in the role by Major General Ziaur Rahman) immediately after the assignation in 1975 of Mujib proclaimed the Indemnity Ordinance, which granted immunity from prosecution to the assassins of Mujib. Mujib's daughters Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana were barred from returning to Bangladesh from abroad. Moshtaq was imprisoned by Brigadier General Khaled Mosharraf and later by the Ziaur Rahman administration until 1978. Upon his release, Moshtaq formed Democratic League and attempted to resuscitate his political career, but to no avail. Mainul was imprisoned in 1978. Hosein held several important posts earlier in the print media sector of the country. He was the President of Bangladesh Sangbadpatra Parishad, an association of newspaper owners. Hosein was elected President, Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association for the term 2000–2001. Hosein is the eldest son of Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah, the founder of The Daily Ittefaq and close advisor and friend of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who is considered the founding father of Bangladesh. 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.