A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain (1936/37 – 17 October 2020) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a state minister of energy and mineral resources from 10 October 2001 until his resignation on 18 June 2005. He was a 2-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Mymensingh-5 constituency.

Career

Hossain served as a bureaucrat in the administration of President

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. He was elected to the parliament from Mymensingh-5 in 1996 and 2001 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He served as the state minister of energy and mineral resources in the

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from October 2001 to June 2005. He was removed from office on allegation of corruption regarding Niko resources. Hossain was nominated from BNP for the

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but he failed to win the election.

Corruption charges

Hossain received a

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, worth 9.5 million taka, from Canadian Petroleum company Niko Resources as a bribe for a contract in the Tengratila and Feni gas fields. On 12 February 2012, Hossain was sued by the Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission for corruption. Niko sued Bangladesh in 2010 at the

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of the World Bank.

Personal life

Hossain was married to

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, a former Jatiya Sangsad member of Jatiya Party. Hossain died on 17 October 2020 at a hospital in Dhaka. He was infected with the

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virus.

References

1930s births 2020 deaths People from Mymensingh District Politicians from Mymensingh Division Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians State ministers of power, energy and mineral resources 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing Place of birth missing Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub