Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan


Mosharraf Hossain Shahjahan was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Bhola-1. He was elected to parliament 6 times from Bhola. He was a former State Minister of Religious Affairs.

Birth and early life

Shahjahan was born on 19 September 1939 in Bhola District.

Career

Shahjahan joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party soon after Ziaur Rahman founded the party. He became the Organizing Secretary of Khulna District unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. In 1991 he was made the State Minister for water resources in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and in 2001 he was appointed State Minister of Religious Affairs in the second cabinet of Khaleda Zia.

Death

Shahjahan died on 5 May 2012 in United Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.