Mozammel Hossain

Mozammel Hossain (1 August 1940 – 10 January 2020) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of parliament from Bagerhat-1 and Bagerhat-4.^[1]

Mozammel Hossain
মোজাম্মেল হোসেন
Member of Parliament for Bagerhat-1
In office 5 March 1991 – 24 November 1995
Preceded by	Sheikh Abdul Hai Bachchu
Succeeded by	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Member of Parliament for Bagerhat-4
In office 14 July 1996 – 13 July 2001
Preceded by	Arshad-Uzzaman
Succeeded by	Abdus Sattar Akon
In office 29 January 2008 – 10 January 2020
Preceded by	Abdus Sattar Akon
Minister of Women and Children Affairs
In office 1996 – 1998[citation needed]
Personal details
Born	(1940-08-01)1 August 1940
Died	10 January 2020(2020-01-10) (aged 79)
Political party	Awami League
Children	Mahmood Hossain

Early life

Hossain was born on 1 August 1940. He had passed M.B.B.S. from Chittagong Medical College^[2]

Career

Hossain was elected as a member of parliament from Bagerhat-1 in 1991.^[3] Later, he was elected from Bagerhat-4 in 1996.^[4] He was also elected to parliament in 2008, 2014 and 2018 from Bagerhat-4 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.^[5][6][7]

Hossain was appointed as the state minister of the Ministry of Social Welfare and Ministry of Women and Children Affairs in 1996.^[8] He was the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Ministry of Social Welfare.^[9]

Death

On 10 January 2020, Hossain died from kidney disease at age 79.^[8][10][11]