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{{other people5|Mosharraf Hossain (disambiguation)}}
{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain
|native_name = এ. কে. এম. মোশাররফ হোসেন
|office = [[Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources|State Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources]]
|term_start = 10 October 2001
|term_end = 18 June 2005
|constituency_MP1 = [[Mymensingh-5]]
|term_start1 = 14 July 1996
|term_end1 = 27 October 2006
|predecessor1 = [[Abu Reza Fazlul Haque Bablu]]
|successor1 = [[K. M. Khalid]]
|birth_date = 1936/37
|death_date = {{death date and given age|2020|10|17|83|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
|spouse = [[Zeenat Mosharraf]]
|party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
|nationality = Bangladeshi
}}

'''A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain''' (1936/37 – 17 October 2020)<ref name=death>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-17|title=করোনায় মারা গেলেন সাবেক জ্বালানি প্রতিমন্ত্রী মোশাররফ হোসেন|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/শীর্ষ-খবর/মারা-গেছেন-সাবেক-জ্বালানি-প্রতিমন্ত্রী-মোশাররফ-হোসেন-180093|access-date=2020-10-18|website=The Daily Star Bangla|language=bn}}</ref> was a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician and a [[Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources|state minister of energy and mineral resources]] from 10 October 2001 until his resignation on 18 June 2005.<ref name=resign>{{Cite web|title=Mosharraf quits over Niko car controversy|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/06/19/d5061901022.htm|access-date=2020-09-25|publisher=The Daily Star|date=2005-06-19}}</ref> He was a 2-term [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Mymensingh-5]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of 8th Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-8th-parliament-members-bangla|access-date=2020-09-25|website=www.parliament.gov.bd}}</ref>

==Career==
Hossain served as a bureaucrat in the administration of President [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]].<ref name=atdsn>{{cite news|last1=Khan|first1=Sharier|title=Dubious leaderships, graft led to gas crisis|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/10/14/d5101401033.htm|accessdate=24 February 2018|work=archive.thedailystar.net|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was elected to the parliament from [[Mymensingh-5]] in 1996 and 2001 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.<ref name=rlm>{{cite news|title=Rawshan lone woman runner in Mymensingh|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-67607|accessdate=24 February 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=18 December 2008|language=en}}</ref> He served as the state minister of energy and mineral resources in the [[Second Khaleda Cabinet]] from October 2001 to June 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=AKM Mosharraf asked to surrender before trial court|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-61822|accessdate=24 February 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=4 November 2008|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=AKM Mosharraf, ex-MP Milon freed on bail|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-56277|accessdate=24 February 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=24 September 2008|language=en}}</ref> He was removed from office on allegation of corruption regarding Niko resources.<ref name=atdsn />

Hossain was nominated from BNP for the [[Mymensingh-4]] in [[2008 Bangladeshi general election]] but he failed to win the election.<ref name=rlm />

===Corruption charges===
Hossain received a [[Toyota Land Cruiser]], worth 9.5 million taka, from Canadian Petroleum company [[Niko Resources]] as a bribe for a contract in the Tengratila and [[Feni gas field]]s. On 12 February 2012, Hossain was sued by the Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission for corruption.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mosharraf sued over Niko bribery|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-222223|accessdate=24 February 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=13 February 2012|language=en}}</ref> Niko sued Bangladesh in 2010 at the [[International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes]] of the World Bank.<ref>{{cite news|title=Niko deals illegal|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/niko-deals-illegal-1453801|accessdate=24 February 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=25 August 2017|language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Hossain was married to [[Zeenat Mosharraf]], a former Jatiya Sangsad member of [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/neighbours/story/19920430-ex-president-of-bangladesh-hussain-mohammed-ershad-lives-a-leisurely-life-in-jail-766172-2013-06-18|title=Ex-President of Bangladesh Hussain Mohammed Ershad lives a leisurely life in jail|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>

Hossain died on 17 October 2020 at a hospital in Dhaka. He was infected with the [[COVID-19]] virus.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-17|title=BNP leader Mosharraf Hossain dies|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/bnp-leader-mosharraf-hossain-dies-1979701|access-date=2020-10-18|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

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