Mozammel Hossain

{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1940–2020)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Mozammel Hossain

| native_name = মোজাম্মেল হোসেন

| image = মোজাম্মেল হোসেন (রাজনীতিবিদ).jpg

| constituency_MP1 = Bagerhat-1

| term_start1 = 5 March 1991

| term_end1 = 24 November 1995

| predecessor1 = Sheikh Abdul Hai Bachchu

| successor1 = Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

| constituency_MP2 = Bagerhat-4

| term_start2 = 14 July 1996

| term_end2 = 13 July 2001

| predecessor2 = Arshad-Uzzaman

| successor2 = Abdus Sattar Akon

| term_start3 = 29 January 2008

| term_end3 = 10 January 2020

| predecessor4 = Abdus Sattar Akon

| office5 = Minister of Women and Children Affairs

| term_start5 = 1996

| term_end5 = 1998{{cn|date=March 2025}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|8|1|df=y}}

| children = Mahmood Hossain

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|1|10|1940|8|1|df=y}}

| party = Awami League

}}

Mozammel Hossain (1 August 1940 – 10 January 2020) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of parliament from Bagerhat-1 and Bagerhat-4.{{cite news |title=JS body discusses Dowry Prohibition Bill |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/home/printnews/323270 |access-date=11 November 2018 |website=Daily Sun}}

Early life

Hossain was born on 1 August 1940. He had passed M.B.B.S. from Chittagong Medical College{{cite web |title=Alhaj Dr. Mozammel Hossain Biography |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/345/biography |website=Amarmp |access-date=11 November 2018}}

Career

Hossain was elected as a member of parliament from Bagerhat-1 in 1991.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/5th%20Parliament%20.pdf |title=List of 5th Parliament Members |website=Jatiya Sangsad |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=9 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711110117/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/5th%20Parliament%20.pdf |archive-date=11 July 2022}} Later, he was elected from Bagerhat-4 in 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/7th%20Parliament%20.pdf |title=List of 7th Parliament Members |website=Jatiya Sangsad |language=bn |access-date=6 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064449/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/7th%20Parliament%20.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015}} He was also elected to parliament in 2008, 2014 and 2018 from Bagerhat-4 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla |title=List of 9th Parliament Members (Bangla) |website=Jatiya Sangsad |language=bn |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129142058/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla |archive-date=29 January 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/bn/mps-bangla/members-of-parliament-bangla/former-mp-s/2014-03-23-11-45-04 |title=List of 10th Parliament Members |website=Jatiya Sangsad |language=en |access-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110044300/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/bn/mps-bangla/members-of-parliament-bangla/former-mp-s/2014-03-23-11-45-04 |archive-date=10 January 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Bagerhat-4&d=khulna |title=Bagerhat-4 |work=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=10 January 2020}}

Hossain was appointed as the state minister of the Ministry of Social Welfare and Ministry of Women and Children Affairs in 1996.{{cite news |title=AL lawmaker Dr Mozammel Hossain passes away |url=https://www.bssnews.net/?p=331588 |access-date=10 January 2020 |date=10 January 2020 |website=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha |language=en}} He was the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Ministry of Social Welfare.{{cite news |title=Tour starts in Bagerhat tomorrow |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/tour-starts-bagerhat-tomorrow-1331890 |access-date=11 November 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=19 December 2016 |language=en}}

Death

On 10 January 2020, Hossain died from kidney disease at age 79.{{cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/bagerhat-mp-mozammel-hossain-dies-at-80 |title=Bagerhat MP Mozammel Hossain dies at 80 |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=10 January 2020 |date=10 January 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/obituary/2020/01/10/al-mp-dr-mozammel-hossain-passes-away |title=AL MP Dr Mozammel Hossain passes away |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=10 January 2020 |access-date=10 January 2020}}

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