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Syed Munawar Hassan
Born in August 1941 in the Indian capital Delhi, days before Maududi founded the JI, Syed Munawar Hasan migrated to Pakistan together with his parents in 1947 and settled in Karachi.
He started his political career as a leader of the NSF in 1957. He got elected the NSF's Karachi president in 1959. However, he took an ideological turn in 1960 and joined the IJT.
He served Islami Jamiat e Talaba in different capacities until he joined the mainstream politics in 1967. First as president of the IJT's Karachi University unit in 1962, then president Karachi chapter in 1963, and finally central president in 1964.
He possessed two master degrees -- first in sociology and later in Islamic studies from the University of Karachi.
His first electoral appearance was in 1977 general elections, when he secured the highest number of votes from a constituency in Karachi.
Hasan was elected the party's Karachi chief in early 1980s until 1991 when he was appointed as the party's deputy secretary general
In 1992, Hasan was appointed as the party's secretary general by then emir Qazi Hussain Ahmed, and moved to northeastern Lahore city, where the party's headquarters is located.
At one point, Hasan and his wife Ayesha Munawar served as the secretary general of the party's men and women wings simultaneously.
He tried his luck in electoral politics for some more time but could not make it. He lost the 2002 elections to a MQM candidate from Karachi by a close margin.
Until 2009, Hasan continued to serve as the party's secretary general -- the second important office after the emir.
In March 2009, he got elected the party's fourth emir after Qazi Hussain refused to contest for another term due to health issues.
After completing his five-year term, he joined the JI's research academy in Karachi, and engaged himself in literary and research work. But soon, he developed multiple age-related diseases, including Parkinson’s.
He was hospitalized in Karachi after his health deteriorated. He remained on life support