Hossain Mokbul Shahriar


Hossain Mokbul Shahriar is a Jatiya Party politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member from the Rangpur-1 constituency. His uncle was Hussain Mohammad Ershad, a former President of Bangladesh.

Career

Shahriar was elected to parliament from Rangpur-1 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 2008. In January 2012, he and his men vandalized Rangpur Medical College Hospital and threatened the hospital director. He wanted the Hospital to recruit his men for vacancies at the hospital. A case was filed against Shariar with Rangpur Police Station over the clash.
In 2017, Shahriar was expelled for Jatiya Party by Ershad for contesting Rangpur City mayoral election as an independent candidate against the official candidate of Jatiya Party. He ran as an independent candidate in the Rangpur-3 by-election and lost to his cousin Saad Ershad.