Rashed Mosharraf
{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rashed Mosharraf
| native_name = রাশেদ মোশাররফ
| native_name_lang = bn
| constituency_MP = Jamalpur-2
| term_start = June 1996
| term_end = October 2001
| successor = Sultan Mahmud Babu
| term_start1 = March 1991
| term_end1 = November 1995
| predecessor1 = Ashraf Ud-Doullah Pahloan
| term_start2 = 1986
| term_end2 = 1988
| predecessor2 = Karimuzzaman Talukder
| office3 = State Minister of Land
| term_start3 = June 1996
| term_end3 = October 2001
| successor3 = Shahjahan Omar
| birth_date = 12 May 1941
| birth_place = Jamalpur, Bengal, British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|11|10|1941|5|12|df=y}}
| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| relatives = Khaled Mosharraf (brother)
Sayed Farooq Rahman (Nephew)
}}
Rashed Mosharraf (died 10 November 2011) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jamalpur-2 constituency.{{cite news|title=Guard of honour|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-209807|access-date=23 February 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=12 November 2011|language=en}} He served as the state minister of land during 1996–2001.{{Cite news |date=2 January 1998|title=Opposition should forget past differences|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/opposition-should-forget-past-differences|access-date=1 September 2020|work=The Daily Star|language=en}} He was also the president of the Bangladesh Krishak League.{{cite news|title=Nasim: People do not believe BNP|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2015/11/29/nasim-people-do-not-believe-bnp/|access-date=23 February 2018 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}
Birth and Family Background
Rashed Mosharraf was born on 12 May 1941 to a Bengali Muslim family in a village now known as Mosharrafganj in Islampur of Jamalpur subdivision at Mymensingh district, Bengal Province.{{Cite web |date=2013-08-26 |title=:: Welcome to GUNIJAN :: The Eminent :: Largest electronic journal of bangladeshi eminents :. |url=http://www.gunijan.org/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=157 |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=web.archive.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826055317/http://www.gunijan.org/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=157 |archive-date=2013-08-26}} He was a son of Mosharraf Hossain and Jamila Akhter. His father Mosharraf Hossain was a successful businessman in the Jute trade and his home village Mosharrafganj was named after him.{{Cite web |title=Mosharraf, Major General Khaled - Banglapedia |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Mosharraf,_Major_General_Khaled |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=en.banglapedia.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Major General Khaled Mosharraf, Bir Uttom, PSC {{!}} PDF {{!}} Government Of Pakistan {{!}} Military Science |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/473346360/Khaled |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=Scribd |language=en}} His family is described as being a landed clan and active in the politics of Bengal at the time.{{Cite web |title=November 3, 1975: Khaled Musharraf in, Zia out |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/316252/november-3-1975-khaled-musharraf-in-zia-out |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}}
Career
Mosharraf served as the president of the Bangladesh Krishak League and six terms in parliament.{{cite news|title=Rashed Mosharraf dies|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/rashed-mosharraf-dies|access-date=23 February 2018|work=bdnews24.com}} He served as the State Minister of Land in the First Sheikh Hasina Cabinet.{{cite news|title=Bureaucratic tangle delays work: Minister|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/bureaucratic-tangle-delays-work-minister|access-date=23 February 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=19 January 2000|language=en}} He served as the chairman of Janapath Housing Limited.{{cite news|title=Ex-state minister sued for land grab|url=http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200809109749/country/exstate-minister-sued-for-land-grab.html |work=Bangladesh News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224052946/http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/200809109749/country/exstate-minister-sued-for-land-grab.html |archive-date=24 February 2018 |url-status=usurped|access-date=23 February 2018}}
Personal life
Mosharraf's elder brother, Khaled Mosharraf, served as a sector commander of the Mukti Bahini in the Bangladesh Liberation war. He and his mother organized a rally in support of the 3 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état launched by Khaled.
Death
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Category:People from Islampur Upazila
Category:Politicians from Mymensingh Division
Category:Mukti Bahini personnel
Category:Awami League politicians
Category:1st Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:2nd Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:3rd Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:5th Jatiya Sangsad members
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Category:State ministers of land
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