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AKM Jahangir Hossain (1954 – 24 December 2020) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a 4-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the
Patuakhali-3 Patuakhali-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by SM Shahjada of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dashmina and Galachipa upazilas. History The const ...
constituency.


Career

Hossain was elected to the parliament from
Patuakhali-3 Patuakhali-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by SM Shahjada of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dashmina and Galachipa upazilas. History The const ...
in 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. He was made the State Minister of Textiles in 1998 in the
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. He did not receive the nomination for 2008 general election from Bangladesh Awami League for his support of reforms in the league during the 2006–08 Bangladeshi political crisis. The nomination went to Golam Maula Rony. In 2013, he was removed from all committees of Bangladesh Awami League. Hossain died from
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complications during the
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on 24 December 2020, at the
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in
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1954 births 2020 deaths People from Patuakhali district Politicians from Barisal Division Awami League politicians Government ministers of Bangladesh Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh Place of birth missing 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members {{Bangladesh-bio-stub