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AKM Jahangir Hossain

AKM Jahangir Hossain

Bangladeshi politician (1954–2020)

AKM Jahangir Hossain (1954 – 24 December 2020)[1] was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a 4-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Patuakhali-3 constituency.[2]

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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.[3] 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.[4] In 2013, he was removed from all committees of Bangladesh Awami League.[5]

Hossain died from COVID-19 complications during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh on 24 December 2020, at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital in Dhaka.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Former state minister AKM Jahangir Hossain dies of Covid-19". The Daily Star. 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  2. [2]
    "Constituency 113_10th_En". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  3. [3]
    "6 new ministers take oath, 2 promoted". The Daily Star. 1 January 1998. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. [4]
    "15 AL leaders resign protesting central decision". The Daily Star. 18 November 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  5. [5]
    "No place for reformists". The Daily Star. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2018.


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