Munawar Hasan was a Pakistani politician and a President of Jamaat-e-Islami political party. He served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1977. Hasan became a member of Jama'at-e-Islami Pakistan in 1967. He was Assistant Secretary General of Jama'at-e-Islami Pakistan in 1992–93 and became Secretary General in 1993. He was elected Emir or head of the party in 2009.