Mosharraf Hossain (politician, born 1943)

Mosharraf Hossain
মোশাররফ হোসেন
Hossain in 2016
Minister of Housing and Public Works
In office
12 January 2014 – 7 January 2019
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byMainul Hosein
Succeeded bySM Rezaul Karim
In office
13 March 2000 – 15 July 2001
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byAfsaruddin Ahmad
Succeeded byAbdul Muyeed Chowdhury
Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
In office
1 January 1998 – 15 July 2001
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded bySheikh Hasina
Succeeded bySyed Ishtiaq Ahmed
Member of Parliament
In office
25 January 2009 – 29 January 2024
Preceded byMohamad Ali Jinnah
Succeeded byMahboob Rahman Ruhel
ConstituencyChittagong-1
In office
September 1996 – 13 July 2001
Preceded byObaidul Huq Khandaker
ConstituencyChittagong-1
In office
10 July 1986 – 6 December 1987
Succeeded byAbu Salek
ConstituencyChittagong-1
In office
7 April 1973 – 6 November 1975
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byObaidul Huq Khandaker
ConstituencyChittagong-1
Personal details
Born (1943-01-12) 12 January 1943 (age 81)
Chittagong, Bengal Province, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
SpouseAyesha Sultana
ChildrenMahboob Rahman Ruhel (son)
OccupationPolitician, 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]

  1. ^ "Constituency 278_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. ^ "List of 11th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Cabinet of Bangladesh Government 1996 to 2001" Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine