Mosharraf Hossain | |
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মোশাররফ হোসেন | |
Minister of Housing and Public Works | |
In office 12 January 2014 – 7 January 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Mainul Hosein |
Succeeded by | SM Rezaul Karim |
In office 13 March 2000 – 15 July 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Afsaruddin Ahmad |
Succeeded by | Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury |
Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism | |
In office 1 January 1998 – 15 July 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Sheikh Hasina |
Succeeded by | Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 25 January 2009 – 29 January 2024 | |
Preceded by | Mohamad Ali Jinnah |
Succeeded by | Mahboob Rahman Ruhel |
Constituency | Chittagong-1 |
In office September 1996 – 13 July 2001 | |
Preceded by | Obaidul Huq Khandaker |
Constituency | Chittagong-1 |
In office 10 July 1986 – 6 December 1987 | |
Succeeded by | Abu Salek |
Constituency | Chittagong-1 |
In office 7 April 1973 – 6 November 1975 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Obaidul Huq Khandaker |
Constituency | Chittagong-1 |
Personal details | |
Born | Chittagong, Bengal Province, British India | 12 January 1943
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Spouse | Ayesha Sultana |
Children | Mahboob Rahman Ruhel (son) |
Occupation | Politician, engineer |
Mosharraf Hossain (known as Engineer Mosharraf Hossain; born 12 January 1943)[1] is a Bangladeshi politician, freedom fighter, and an industrialist. He is a former member of the Bangladesh Parliament and former minister of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works. After his graduation from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore in 1966 he joined politics and was elected as a Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) of what was then East Pakistan in 1970. In the political arena, he is the presidium member (no. 1), the highest policy-making post of the Awami League, the oldest and traditional political organization of the country. His constituency is Chittagong-1 (Mirsarai).[2] He served the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism in the Awami League government in 1996. He made significant contributions to the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. He served as the minister in charge of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works till 6 January 2019.[3]