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| {{short description|Bangladeshi politician and freedom fighter}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Mosharraf Hossain#Politicians]] |
| {{other people||Mosharraf Hossain (disambiguation)}}
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| {{Infobox officeholder
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| | name = Mosharraf Hossain
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| | native_name = মোশাররফ হোসেন
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| | native_name_lang = bn
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| | image = Mosharraf Hossain in 2016 (01).jpg
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| | caption = Hossain in 2016
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| | office = [[Ministry of Housing and Public Works|Minister of Housing and Public Works]]
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| | term_start = 12 January 2014
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| | term_end = 7 January 2019
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| | successor = [[Rezaul Karim Hira]]
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| | office1 = [[Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism|Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism]]
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| | term_start1 = 1 January 1998
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| | term_end1 = 15 July 2001
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| | successor1 = [[GM Quader]]
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| | constituency_MP2 = [[Chittagong-1]]
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| | term_start2 = 25 January 2009
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| | predecessor2 = [[Mohamad Ali Jinnah (Chittagong politician)|Mohamad Ali Jinnah]]
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| | term_start3 = September 1996
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| | term_end3 = 13 July 2001
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| | predecessor3 = [[Obaidul Huq Khandaker]]
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| | term_start4 = 10 July 1986
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| | term_end4 = 6 December 1987
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| | successor4 = Abu Salek
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| | term_start5 = 7 April 1973
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| | term_end5 = 6 November 1975
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| | predecessor5 = ''Constituency created''
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| | successor5 = Obaidul Huq Khandaker
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| | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|1|12|df=y}}
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| | birth_place = [[Chittagong]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
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| | occupation = Politician, engineer
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| | party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
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| | spouse = Ayesha Sultana
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| | nationality = Bangladeshi
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| '''Mosharraf Hossain''' (known as '''Engineer Mosharraf Hossain'''; born 12 January 1943)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Constituency 278_11th_En|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3839|access-date=2020-10-19|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the incumbent [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Chittagong-1]] constituency for the 6th term.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english |title=List of 11th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> He is a Presidium member of the [[Bangladesh Awami League]] currently and was the president of its [[Chittagong]] North District unit before. After his graduation from [[University of Engineering and Technology (Lahore)]] in 1966 he joined politics and was elected as a [[Member of Provincial Assembly]] (MPA) of what was then [[East Pakistan]] in 1970. He was also the member of Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh. He served as the minister of two portfolios: [[Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism|Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism]] and [[Ministry of Housing and Public Works|Minister of Housing and Public Works]].<ref>[http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/view_present_portfolios.php?lang=en&gid=23&type=ministry_list "Cabinet of Bangladesh Government 1996 to 2001"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222203511/http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/view_present_portfolios.php?lang=en&gid=23&type=ministry_list |date=22 February 2014 }}</ref>
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| ==Early life==
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| {{Empty section|date=November 2021}}
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| ==Career==
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| In August 2013, Hossain was included in the Awami League Central Working Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-08-08|title=Engr Mosharraf inducted in AL presidium|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/eng-mosharraf-inducted-in-al-presidium|access-date=2021-05-03|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>
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| === Cabinet minister ===
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| After the general election in 1996, Hossain was appointed as the Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism. In 2014, he was appointed as the Minister of Public Works and Housing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=119860|title=Minister for Housing and Public Works Engineer Mosharraf Hossain - Business |work=The Daily Observer|access-date=2018-07-25}}</ref>
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| Anti-Corruption Commission filed charges against Hossain in May 2007 over irregularities in the allocation of commercial land in Chittagong. On 26 January 2018, a court in Chittagong found him innocent of all charges.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-26|title=Eng Mosharraf relieved of 2007 graft charges|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/eng-mosharraf-relieved-2007-graft-charges-1525213|access-date=2021-05-03|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>
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| In January 2019, Hossain was among a number of senior Awami League leaders who were dropped from the new Cabinet of Ministers.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-06|title=The AL big shots dropped|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/the-awami-league-big-shots-dropped-new-cabinet-members-1683757|access-date=2021-05-03|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>
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| === Businesses ===
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| {{See also|Sayeman Beach Resort}}
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| He is co-owner of [[Sayeman Beach Resort]], formerly "Sayemon Hotel". His father Sayedur Rahman built the hotel in 1964. In he converted it into a resort with 75 rooms as the new owner.
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| {{Authority control}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Hossain, Mosharraf}}
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| [[Category:1943 births]]
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| [[Category:Living people]]
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| [[Category:University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore alumni]]
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| [[Category:Bangladeshi businesspeople]]
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| [[Category:Awami League politicians]]
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| [[Category:Jatiya Party politicians]]
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| [[Category:1st Jatiya Sangsad members]]
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| [[Category:3rd Jatiya Sangsad members]]
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| [[Category:7th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
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| [[Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
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| [[Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
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| [[Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
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| [[Category:Housing and Public Works ministers of Bangladesh]]
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| [[Category:Civil Aviation and Tourism ministers of Bangladesh]]
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| [[Category:Recipients of the Independence Day Award]]
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| [[Category:People from Mirsharai Upazila]]
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