Shah Moazzem Hossain

{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1939–2022)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}{{Other uses|Moazzem Hossain (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Shah Moazzem Hossain

| native_name = শাহ মোয়াজ্জেম হোসেন

| office = 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh

| term_start = 20 November 1987

| term_end = 6 December 1990

| predecessor = Kazi Zafar Ahmed

| successor = Position abolished

| office1 = Minister of Food

| term_start1 = 23 December 1989

| term_end1 = 6 December 1990

| predecessor1 = Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury

| successor1 = Iajuddin Ahmed

| office2 = Minister of Information and Broadcasting

| term_start2 = 4 August 1985

| term_end2 = 23 March 1986

| predecessor2 = Sirajul Hossain Khan

| successor2 = Anwar Zahid

|office3 = 1st Chief Whip of Jatiya Sangsad

|1blankname3 = Speaker

|1namedata3 = {{ubl|Mohammad Mohammadullah|Abdul Malek Ukil}}

|term_start3 = 7 April 1973

|term_end3 = 6 November 1975

|predecessor3 = Position established

|successor3 = Abul Hasanat Abdullah

| office5 = Member of Parliament

| termstart5 = 12 September 1991

| termend5 = 24 November 1995

| predecessor5 = Abdul Jalil Pradhan

| successor5 = Nur Mohammad Mondal

| constituency5 = Rangpur-6

| termstart6 = 3 March 1988

| termend6 = 6 December 1990

| predecessor6 = Himself

| successor6 = A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury

| constituency6 = Munshiganj-1

| termstart7 = 7 May 1986

| termend7 = 3 March 1988

| predecessor7 = Position Established

| successor7 = Himself

| constituency7 = Munshiganj-1

| termstart8 = 7 March 1973

| termend8 = 6 November 1975

| predecessor8 = Position Established

| successor8 = Muhammad Hamidullah Khan

| constituency8 = Dhaka-5

| birth_date = {{birth_date|1939|01|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dogachhi, Bikrampur, Bengal Presidency

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|09|14|1939|01|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh

| party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

| president = Hussain Muhammad Ershad

| primeminister = Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Moudud Ahmed
Kazi Zafar Ahmed

}}

Shah Moazzem Hossain (known as SM Hossain; 10 January 1939 – 14 September 2022){{Cite news |date=2022-09-14 |title=BNP Vice-Chairman Shah Moazzem Hossain dies |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2022/09/14/bnp-vice-chairman-shah-moazzem-hossain-dies |access-date=2022-09-14 |work=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}} was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the last deputy prime minister of Bangladesh.{{cite news |title=Shah Moazzem changes sides for BNP ticket |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/shah-moazzem-changes-sides-for-bnp-ticket |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=20 January 2017}} He was elected as the Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rangpur-6 constituency as a Jatiya Party candidate in a by-election in September 1991 and served until November 1995.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=List of 5th Parliament Members |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/5th.pdf |access-date=2022-09-14 |website=Jatiya Sangsad}}

Early life and education

Hossain was born on 10 January 1939 to a Bengali Muslim family in Dogachhi, Sreenagar in the Bikrampur region of Faridpur district, Bengal Presidency. He was the son of schoolteacher Shah Ahmad Ali. Hossain received his Secondary School Certificate from St. Gregory's High School, Dacca in 1954 and his Higher Secondary Certificate from Dacca College. He graduated with Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Dacca. His son, Rana Hossain, emigrated to the United States of America.{{cite news|url=https://www.banglanews24.com/politics/news/bd/546406.details|work=Banglanews24.com|language=bn|title=শাহ মোয়াজ্জেমের ৭৯তম জন্মদিন মঙ্গলবার|date=10 January 2017}}

File:Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, Barrister Moudid Ahmed and Shah Moazzem Hossain at a vote polling station in gulshan.jpg, Barrister Moudud Ahmed and Shah Moazzem Hossain at a vote polling station in Gulshan-2 in 1991]]

Career

Hossain was active in student politics. He served as the whip of the 1972 Bangladesh Awami League government headed by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was a minister in the cabinet of Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad.{{cite magazine |title=The politics of Shah Moazzem Hossain |url=http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/the-politics-of-shah-moazzem-hossain/ |magazine=Dhaka Courier |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000122/http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/the-politics-of-shah-moazzem-hossain/ |url-status=dead}}

He was elected to parliament from Rangpur-6 as a Jatiya Party candidate in a by-election in September 1991. The by-elections were called after Hussain Mohammad Ershad, who had won five seats including Rangpur-6, chose to resign and represent Rangpur-3.{{cite book |last=Akhter |first=Muhammad Yeahia |title=Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh |publisher=Ashgate |year=2001 |isbn=0-7546-1628-2 |page=243}}{{cite book |last=Ahmed |first=Helal Uddin |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh |year=2012 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |edition=Second |chapter=Ershad, Lt. General Hussein M |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ershad,_Lt._General_Hussein_M}}{{cite web |author= |title=List of 5th Parliament Members |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/5th.pdf |access-date=16 April 2020 |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn}}

He joined Jatiya Party led by Hussain Mohammad Ershad but was removed from the party in 1992. He joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party afterwards.{{cite news |title=Jatiya Party secretaries general in and out of power all the time |url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2016/01/20/jatiya-party-secretaries-general-in-and-out-of-power-all-the-time |access-date=20 January 2017 |work=bdnews24.com}} He served as Vice-Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party until death.{{cite news |title=BNP chief Khaleda to meet 20-Party alliance leaders Monday |url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2016/04/04/bnp-chief-khaleda-to-meet-20-party-alliance-leaders-monday |access-date=20 January 2017 |work=bdnews24.com}}

References