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|name = Zeenat Mosharraf<br />
|native_name = জিনাত মোশাররফ<br />
|native_name_lang = bn<br />
|office = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from the Reserved Women's Seat - 29<br />
|term_start = 1996<br />
|term_end = 2001<br />
|party = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<br />
|nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
|spouse = [[A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Zeenat Mosharraf''' is a [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Bangladesh Jatiya Party]] politician and the former [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from the reserved women's seat 29.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-7th-parliament-members-bangla|title=List of 7th Parliament Members|website=Bangladesh Parliament|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Mosharraf and her husband were arrested in 1990 and sentenced to 120 years in jail under the [[Special Powers Act, 1974|Special Powers Act]] after the fall of the [[Hussain Mohammad Ershad]] government. She was elected to parliament from a reserved seat for women in 1996 as a Jatiya Party candidate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh-Politics: Love Affair Could Cost Ershad His Party|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/1997/04/bangladesh-politics-love-affair-could-cost-ershad-his-party/ |access-date=24 January 2019 |work=ipsnews.net}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Mosharraf was married to [[A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain]], a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician and the former [[Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources|State Minister of Energy]]. In 1990, [[Dainik Bangla]], a government-owned daily, claimed the former Bangladesh President [[Hossain Mohammad Ershad]] and Mosharraf used to meet at a guest house owned by the [[Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation]].<ref name=apnews/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/1997/04/bangladesh-politics-love-affair-could-cost-ershad-his-party/|title=Bangladesh-Politics: Love Affair Could Cost Ershad His Party|publisher=Inter Press Service|access-date=2019-07-23|date=1997-04-30}}</ref> Her husband was the company's chairman until 1988 when he was given a job in Ershad's government as secretary of the [[Ministry of Industries (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Industries]].<ref name=apnews>{{Cite news |url=https://apnews.com/d0cfb0bf0ce2a5726e33805cf1b2eb94|title=After President's Fall, Quiet Gossip Goes Public|last=Hossain|first=Farid|work=AP News|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Newsreel |date=1997-04-11|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/newsreel-article-1.760563 |access-date=24 January 2019 |work=NY Daily News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-President of Bangladesh Hussain Mohammed Ershad lives a leisurely life in jail |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/neighbours/story/19920430-ex-president-of-bangladesh-hussain-mohammed-ershad-lives-a-leisurely-life-in-jail-766172-2013-06-18 |access-date=24 January 2019 |work=India Today |language=en}}</ref> He issued a divorce notice on 17 April 1997 when Ershad had admitted to a 14-year affair with her. The then mayor of Dhaka, [[Mohammad Hanif (mayor)|Mohammad Hanif]], mediated the reconciliation between them on the last day of the three month time-limit following the divorce notice.<ref>{{cite news |title=Zinat-Mosharraf reconciliation |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/zinat-mosharraf-reconciliation |access-date=24 January 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=21 July 1997 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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