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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1954–2020)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = AKM Jahangir Hossain
| native_name = আ খ ম জাহাঙ্গীর হোসাইন
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = [[Ministry of Textiles and Jute|State Minister of Textiles]]
| term_start = 1 January 1998
| term_end = 15 July 2001
| successor = ''Ministry merged''
| constituency_MP1 = [[Patuakhali-3]]
| term_start1 = 29 January 2014
| term_end1 = 29 October 2018
| successor1 = [[SM Shahjada]]
| term_start2 = 14 July 1996
| term_end2 = 27 October 2006
| successor2 = [[Golam Maula Rony]]
| term_start3 = 5 March 1991
| term_end3 = 24 November 1995
| predecessor3 = [[Mohammad Yakub Ali Chowdhury]]
| successor3 = [[Shajahan Khan (Patuakhali politician)|Shajahan Khan]]
| death_date = {{death date and given age|2020|12|24|df=y|66}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
}}

'''AKM Jahangir Hossain''' (1954 – 24 December 2020)<ref name=death>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-24|title=Former state minister AKM Jahangir Hossain dies of Covid-19|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/former-state-minister-akm-jahangir-hossain-dies-covid-19-2016709|access-date=2020-12-25|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> was a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and a 4-term [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Patuakhali-3]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Constituency 113_10th_En|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=2668|access-date=2020-12-25|website=www.parliament.gov.bd}}</ref>

==Career==
Hossain was elected to the parliament from [[Patuakhali-3]] in 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. He was made the State Minister of Textiles in 1998 in the [[First Sheikh Hasina Cabinet]].<ref>{{cite news|title=6 new ministers take oath, 2 promoted|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/6-new-ministers-take-oath-2-promoted|accessdate=17 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=1 January 1998|language=en}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=15 AL leaders resign protesting central decision|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-63803|accessdate=17 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=18 November 2008|language=en}}</ref> In 2013, he was removed from all committees of Bangladesh Awami League.<ref>{{cite news|title=No place for reformists|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-263793|accessdate=17 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=4 January 2013|language=en}}</ref>

Hossain died from [[COVID-19]] complications during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]] on 24 December 2020, at the [[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University|Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital]] in [[Dhaka]].<ref name=death/>

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[[Category:People from Patuakhali district]]
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing]]
[[Category:5th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:7th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members]]

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