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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name=Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain<br />
|native_name=খন্দকার মোশাররফ হোসেন<br />
|native_name_lang=bn<br />
|image=Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.jpg<br />
|caption=Hossain at US Embassy Dhaka in 2017<br />
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1946|10|1|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = Goyeshpur, [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now [[Daudkandi Upazila]], [[Comilla District]], Bangladesh)<br />
|office=[[Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources|Minister of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources]]<br />
|term_start = 20 March 1991<br />
|term_end = 24 November 1995<br />
|successor = [[Nuruddin Khan]]<br />
|office1=[[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh)|Minister of Health and Family Welfare]]<br />
|term_start1 = 10 October 2001<br />
|term_end1 = 27 October 2006<br />
|predecessor1 = [[Salahuddin Yusuf]]<br />
|successor1 = [[AFM Ruhal Haque]]<br />
|constituency_MP2 = [[Comilla-2]]<br />
|term_start2 = 5 March 1991<br />
|term_end2 = 27 October 2006<br />
|predecessor2 = [[Abdur Rashid (engineer)|Abdur Rashid]]<br />
|successor2 = [[M. K. Anwar]]<br />
|nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
|occupation=Geologist and politician<br />
|party=[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<br />
|alma_mater={{unbulleted list|[[University of Dhaka]] | [[University of London]]}}<br />
|education=PhD (geology)<br />
|spouse=Bilquis Akther Hossain<br />
}}<br />
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'''Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain''' (born 1 October 1946)<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://drkhandakermosharraf.com/home/profile1|title=Biography of Dr. Khandaker Mosharrraf Hossain|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402133150/http://drkhandakermosharraf.com/home/profile1|archive-date=2 April 2015|access-date=17 March 2015}}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician and geologist. He represented [[Comilla-2]] constituency as a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member during 1991–2006.<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of 8th Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-8th-parliament-members-bangla|website=Bangladesh Parliament|access-date=2020-10-03}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Hossain was born in Goyeshpur village, in the [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] to Khandaker Ashraf Ali and Hosne Ara Hasna Hena.<ref name=bio/><br />
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Hossain earned an MSc degree from [[University of Dhaka]] in 1968 and another MSc degree from [[Imperial College]] (then under [[University of London]]) in 1970. He obtained the PhD degree in geology in 1973 from University of London and DIC from Imperial College in 1974. He was the chairman of the Department of Geology, University of Dhaka from 1987 to 1991.<ref name=bio/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
===Academic===<br />
Hossain joined the University of Dhaka faculty as a junior lecturer in the Department of Geology in 1967. He became a professor in the same department in 1986.<ref name=bio/><br />
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===Politics===<br />
Hossain has been a member of the [[Standing Committee]] of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP)<ref>{{cite news |title=Make public all info on Tipaimukh |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-94673 |work=The Daily Star |date=29 June 2009 |access-date=2020-10-03}}</ref> since 1994. He was elected as a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from the [[Comilla-2]] constituency in the national elections for four terms since 1991. He was the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources and Home Affairs during 1991–1996. He was also the Minister of Health and Family Welfare during the preceding [[Four Party Alliance]] government.<br />
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Hossain was the chairman of the 56th [[World Health Assembly]] (WHA) in 2002. He was awarded with the "World No Tobacco Award" by the [[World Health Organization]] during the 57th WHA for his contribution to the anti-tobacco campaign in Bangladesh.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Hossain is married to Bilquis Akther Hossain. They have two sons Khandaker Mahbub Hossain and Khandaker Maruf Hossain, and one daughter Mahzabin Khandaker.<ref name=bio/><br />
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