Morshed Khan

Morshed Khan
মোরশেদ খান
Khan in 2014
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
14 November 2001 – 29 October 2006
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded byA. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury
Succeeded byIajuddin Ahmed
Member of Parliament
In office
19 March 1996 – 27 October 2006
Preceded bySirajul Islam Chowdhury
Succeeded byM. Abdul Latif
ConstituencyChittagong-10
In office
7 May 1986 – 3 March 1988
Preceded bySirajul Islam Chowdhury
Succeeded byBegum Kamrun Nahar Jafar
ConstituencyChittagong-10
Personal details
Born (1940-08-08) 8 August 1940 (age 84)
Chittagong, Bengal Presidency, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
SpouseNasrin Khan
Alma materTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
OccupationPolitician

Morshed Khan (born 8 August 1940) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the minister of foreign affairs of Bangladesh from 2001 until 2006.[1] He served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-10 constituency in the 6th, 7th and 8th parliaments.

Khan was imprisoned in May 2009 in connection with a graft case in which he was sentenced to 13 years.[2]

  1. ^ "Former Bangladesh foreign minister jailed in absentia". Reuters. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Morshed Khan sent to jail". The Daily Star. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2019.