Syed Altaf Hossain (Bengali: সৈয়দ আলতাফ হোসেন; 16 March 1923 – 12 November 1992) was a Bangladeshi politician who was a member of Parliament and Minister of Railway.
[1] Hossain was born on 16 March 1923 to a Bengali Muslim family claiming to be Syeds in Vishnudia, Kushtia, Nadia district, Bengal Presidency.
In 1940 he joined the movement to remove Howel Monument from Kolkata led by Subhas Chandra Bose.
[1] In 1957 he was elected to Central and Provincial executive committee of National Awami Party of Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani.
He was arrested again in 1968 and was subsequently released after the 1969 uprising in East Pakistan and the fall of President Ayub Khan.
He was the Minister of Railway in the government headed by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
After the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he joined the government of Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad as the State Minister of Road Communication.