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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Mahbub Uddin Khokon
| native_name = {{lang|bn|মাহবুব উদ্দিন খোকন}}
| image = Mahbub Uddin Khokon.jpg
| caption = Khokon in 2017
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency1 = [[Noakhali-1]]
|term_start1 = 29 December 2008
|term_end1 = 9 January 2014
|predecessor1 = [[Zainul Abdin Farroque]]
|successor1 = [[H. M. Ibrahim]]
| office = President of [[Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association]]
| term_start = 1 April 2024<ref name="s1"/><ref name="s2"/>
| term_end =
| predecessor = Momtazuddin Fakir
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|01|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Noakhali District]], [[East Pakistan]]
| birth_name = A.M. Mahbub Uddin Khokon
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| website = {{URL|mahbub.aboutbio.info}}
}}
'''A.M. Mahbub Uddin Khokon''' (born 12 January 1956)<ref name="dd"/> is a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician, lawyer<ref>{{cite news |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/Joynul-Khokon-elected-SC-Bar-Assoc-leaders |title=BNP-backed lawyers win in SCBA elelction |date=24 March 2017 |work=[[Prothom Alo]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/politics/bnp-candidate-khokon-three-others-suffer-bullet-wounds-in-noakhali-1544882351 |title=BNP candidate Khokon, three others suffer 'bullet wounds' in Noakhali |work=The Financial Express |date=16 December 2018}}</ref> and a former member of [[Jatiya Sangsad|parliament]] from the [[Noakhali-1]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=944&Itemid=1209&lang=en |title=Constituency 268 |website=Bangladesh Parliament |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309131618/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=944&Itemid=1209&lang=en |archive-date=2022-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/court/337543/appellate-division-warns-barrister-khokon-over |title=Appellate Division warns Barrister Khokon over remarks on 290 MPs' oath |date=23 January 2024 |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]}}</ref>

==Early life==
Khokon was born in Sonapur, in the district of [[Noakhali District|Noakhali]]'s [[Sonaimuri Upazila]].<ref name="dd"/> Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed was his father, and Begum Raushan Ara was his mother. Of his nine siblings, he is the oldest. Khokon obtained SSC from Gopalpur High School in Noakhali. HSC from Dhaka Government College and [[Dhaka University]] with an LLB.<ref name="dd"/> In [[Wales]], UK, he earned an LLB (Hons) degree in 1992. In 1993, he graduated as a Barrister at Law from the [[Lincoln's Inn]]. Since 1994, he has worked in the legal field.<ref name="dd"/>

==Career==
Mahbub Uddin Khokon was elected to parliament from Noakhali-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2008.<ref name="dd">{{cite web |url=https://www.tritiyomatra.com/profile/279 |title=Profile Mahbub Uddin Khokon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518233845/https://www.tritiyomatra.com/profile/279 |archive-date=18 May 2024}}</ref> He is also the party chief [[Khaleda Zia]]'s lawyer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/news/ags-comment-hawa-bhaban-politically-motivated-1664242 |title='AG's comment on Hawa Bhaban politically motivated' |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |location=Bangladesh |date=23 November 2018 |accessdate=10 July 2024}}</ref> He is the founder and leader of the law firm 'Mahbub & Company' based in [[Dhaka]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mahbub-law.com/about-us/ |title=About Us |publisher=Mahbub & Company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704104953/https://mahbub-law.com/about-us/ |archive-date=4 July 2024}}</ref> On 15 December 2018, he was wounded by six bullets fired by the [[Sonaimuri Upazila]] police under [[Bangladesh Awami League]] government<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/news/bnp-candidate-mahbub-uddin-khokon-shot-during-clash-noakhali-bangladesh-1674019 |title=No respite from attacks |work=The Daily Star |date=16 December 2018}}</ref> during his election campaign for the upcoming general election.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/2018/12/15/mahbub-uddin-khokon-hit-by-bullets-during-campaign |title=Mahbub Uddin Khokon shot during campaign |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |date=15 December 2018}}</ref> In March 2024, he was elected as the president of [[Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association]].<ref name="s1">{{Cite news |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/city/kee5lopi8c |title=SCBA election: Khokon, Monjurul elected president, secretary |date=March 10, 2024 |work=[[Prothom Alo]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802171821/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/city/kee5lopi8c |archive-date=2 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="s2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/court/khokon-elected-supreme-court-bar-assoc-president-monjurul-secretary-806674 |title=Khokon elected Supreme Court Bar Assoc president, Monjurul secretary |date=March 10, 2024 |work=[[The Business Standard]]}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Kokhon and his wife have one daughter and one son.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://dhakamail.com/law-courts/159482 |title='ছোটবেলার সেই ঈদগুলো খুব মিস করি' |work=Dhaka Mail |date=10 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802122057/https://dhakamail.com/law-courts/159482 |archive-date=2 August 2024}}</ref> Their son is also a barrister.<ref>{{cite AV media |date=28 March 2024 |script-title=bn:২১ বছর বয়সে সন্তান ব্যারিস্টার, বাস্তবতার মধ্য দিয়ে বড় করেছি: ব্যারিস্টার মাহবুব উদ্দিন খোকন |trans-title= |type=Motion Picture |language=bn |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Cs8j3oFg0 |access-date=28 March 2024 |format=MP4 |location=Dhaka |publisher=[[Channel i]] |archive-date=2 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802171250/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Cs8j3oFg0 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://m.priyo.com/people/a-m-mahbub-uddin-khokon |title=Personal Life |work=[[Priyo.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924114720/https://m.priyo.com/people/a-m-mahbub-uddin-khokon |archive-date=24 September 2020}}</ref>

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