Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain
| Former Minister |
| Politician |
Full Name: Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain
Affiliation: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)
Current Position: Member, National Standing Committee
Date of Birth: October 01, 1946
Place of Birth: Bangladesh
Home District: Cumilla
Constituency: 250, Cumilla-2
Term: Fourth (5th-1991, 6th-1996 February, 7th-1996, 8th-2001)
Nationality: Bangladeshi
Profile:
Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (born 01 October 1946) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician, geologist, academic, writer, former minister, and former Member of Parliament representing Cumilla-2 constituency. He is a member of the Standing Committee of BNP.
Hossain earned his M.Sc. degree from University of Dhaka in 1968 and another M.Sc. degree from Imperial College (then under University of London) in 1970. He obtained the PhD degree in geology in 1973 from University of London and DIC from Imperial College in 1974. Hossain joined the University of Dhaka as a junior lecturer in the Department of Geology in 1967. He became a professor in the same department in 1986. He was the chairman of the Department of Geology, University of Dhaka from 1987 to 1991.
Hossain organized the expatriates in 1971 with the aim of creating world public opinion in favor of the war of liberation and led it as the convener of the Chhatra Sangram Parishad.
Hossain joined the BNP in 1979 at the invitation of President Ziaur Rahman. He was the President of Cumilla (North) District BNP and also the Secretary and Joint Secretary General of BNP Student Affairs unit.
Hossain has been a member of the Standing Committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 1994. He was elected as a Member of Parliament from the Cumilla-2 constituency in the national elections for four terms since 1991. He was the Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources and Home Affairs during 1991–1996. He was also the Minister of Health & Family Welfare during the preceding Four Party Alliance government.
Hossain was the chairman of the 56th World Health Assembly (WHA) in 2002. He was awarded with the "World No Tobacco Award" by the World Health Organization during the 57th WHA for his contribution to the anti-tobacco campaign in Bangladesh.
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