Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (born 1946)

For other people with the same name, see Mosharraf Hossain (disambiguation).

Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain
খন্দকার মোশাররফ হোসেন
Hossain at US Embassy Dhaka in 2017
Minister of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources
In office 20 March 1991 – 24 November 1995
Succeeded by	Nuruddin Khan
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
In office 10 October 2001 – 27 October 2006
Preceded by	Salahuddin Yusuf
Succeeded by	AFM Ruhal Haque
Member of Parliament for Comilla-2
In office 5 March 1991 – 27 October 2006
Preceded by	Abdur Rashid
Succeeded by	M. K. Anwar
Personal details
Born	(1946-10-01) 1 October 1946 Goyeshpur, Tipperah district, Bengal Presidency (now Comilla District, Bangladesh)
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Spouse	Bilquis Akther Hossain
Education	PhD (geology)
Alma mater	University of Dhaka University of London
Occupation	Geologist and politician

Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (born 1 October 1946) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and geologist. He represented Comilla-2 constituency as a Jatiya Sangsad member during 1991–2006.

Early life and education

Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain was born on 1 October 1946 into the aristocratic Bengali Muslim Khandaker family of the village of Goyeshpur in Daudkandi Upazila in Comilla. His father was Khandaker Ashraf Ali and his mother was Hosne Ara Hasna Hena.

Hossain earned an MSc degree from University of Dhaka in 1968 and another MSc 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. He was the chairman of the Department of Geology, University of Dhaka from 1987 to 1991.

Career

Academic

Hossain joined the University of Dhaka faculty as a junior lecturer in the Department of Geology in 1967. He became a professor in the same department in 1986.

Politics

Hossain has been a member of the Standing Committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 1994. He was elected as a Jatiya Sangsad member from the Comilla-2 constituency in the national elections for four terms since 1991. He was the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources and Home Affairs during 1991–1996. He was also the Minister of Health and 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.

Personal life

Hossain is married to Bilquis Akther Hossain. They have two sons Khandaker Mahbub Hossain and Khandaker Maruf Hossain, and one daughter Mahzabin Khandaker and 4 grandson Khandaker Mashraf Hossain,Rishan Islam,Khandaker Mishraq Hossain and Khandaker Miraaf Hossain,including 1 Granddaughter Mihira Siara Khandaker.