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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Bangladeshi Entrepreneur, industrialist and politician}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Anwar Hossain<br />
| death_date = 17 August 2021 (aged 83)<br />
| termstart1 = 1953<br />
| office1 = Founder and chairman of Anwar Group<br />
| residence = [[Dhanmondi Thana|Dhanmondi]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Mohammad Harun ar Rashid]]<br />
| termend = 6 December 1990<br />
| termstart = 3 March 1988<br />
| successor = [[Mir Shawkat Ali]]<br />
| birth_place = [[Lalbagh Thana|Lalbagh]], [[British Raj]]<br />
| party = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<br />
| birth_date = 1938<br />
| mainwidth = <br />
| bodyclass = <br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
| native_name = আনোয়ার হোসেন<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| parents = <br />
| children = Five daughters, three sons<br />
| constituency_MP = [[Dhaka-8]]<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| termend1 = 2021<br />
}}<br />
'''Anwar Hossain''' (1938 – 17 August 2021<ref>[https://www.thedailystar.net/business/news/anwar-group-founder-and-chairman-anwar-hossain-no-more-2154991 Anwar Group Founder and Chairman Anwar Hossain no more]</ref>) was an entrepreneur, industrialist and politician of Bangladesh who was a Member of Parliament for [[Dhaka-8]] constituency.<ref name="1988results22">{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=List of 4th Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf|access-date=13 August 2014|website=Jatiya Sangsad|language=bn}}</ref> He was the founder and chairman of Anwar Group.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদক|first=|date=|title=মালা শাড়ির আনোয়ার হোসেন|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/business/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/2020.10.18-144330/https://www.prothomalo.com/business/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8|archive-date=18 October 2020|access-date=18 October 2020|website=[[Prothom Alo]]|language=bn}}</ref><br />
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== Birth and early life ==<br />
Anwar Hossain was born in 1938 in Dhaka Almigola (Lalbagh). He started living in Dhanmondi in 1973. His father is Rahim Box. His grandfather Lakku Mia. His wife is Bibi Amena. He had five daughters and three sons. Daughters: Shaheen Begum, Selina Begum Mala, Hasina Begum Ruma, Shahnaz Begum Munni and Jamila Hossain. Sons: Manohar Hossain, Hossain Mehmud and Hossain Khaled.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Anwar Hossain, the head of Anwar Group, was started in 1834 by his grandfather Lakku Mia (real name Lat Mia).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heritage – Anwar Group|url=https://www.anwargroup.com/heritage/|access-date=18 October 2020|website=www.anwargroup.com}}</ref> He started his business in 1953. Anwar established Silk Mills in 1968 and brought Mala Sari to the market. There are 20 companies under the group, which is involved in 36 products and services, including textiles, jute, cement, steel, banking, insurance, automobiles, housing, infrastructure and furniture. He was one of the founders of The City Bank, which was established in 1983. He was the chairman of The City Bank for four terms.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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He was elected a Member of Parliament from [[Dhaka-8]] constituency as a [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] constituency as an independent candidate in the fourth parliamentary elections of [[1988 Bangladeshi general election]].<ref name="1988results22" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=ঢাকা-৮ আসনের কেন্দ্রে কেন্দ্রে যাচ্ছে ভোটের সামগ্রী|url=https://www.jagonews24.com/national/news/472044|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200808195226/https://www.jagonews24.com/national/news/472044|archive-date=18 October 2020|access-date=18 October 2020|website=[[jagonews24.com]]|language=bn}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
On 17 August 2021, Anwar Hossain died at LABAID Hospital in Dhaka due to old-age complications.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-18|title=Anwar Group Founder, Chairman Anwar Hossain passes away|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/obituary/2021/08/18/anwar-group-founder-chairman-anwar-hossain-passes-away|access-date=2021-09-04|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Rashid|first=Sara|date=2021-09-03|title=A tribute to my grandfather, Anwar Hossain|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/tribute-anwar-hossain-2167371|access-date=2021-09-04|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><br />
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