A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain

A. K. M. Mosharraf Hossain (1936/37 – 17 October 2020) was a politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a state minister of energy and mineral resources from 10 October 2001 until his resignation on 18 June 2005. He was a 2-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Mymensingh-5 constituency.

Career Hossain served as a bureaucrat in the administration of President Hussain Muhammad Ershad. He was elected to the parliament from Mymensingh-5 in 1996 and 2001 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He served as the state minister of energy and mineral resources in the Third Khaleda Cabinet from October 2001 to June 2005. He was removed from office on allegations of corruption regarding Niko Resources. Niko sued Bangladesh in 2010 at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes of the World Bank.

Personal life Hossain was married to Zeenat Mosharraf, a former Jatiya Sangsad member of the Jatiya Party.

Hossain died on 17 October 2020 at a hospital in Dhaka. He was infected with the COVID-19 virus.