Hossain Mokbul Shahriar
Bangladeshi politician
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Hossain Mokbul Shahriar (Bengali: হোসেন মকবুল শাহরিয়ার) is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member from the Rangpur-1 constituency. He is the nephew of Hussain Mohammad Ershad, a former president of Bangladesh.[1]
Hossain Mokbul Shahriar | |
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হোসেন মকবুল শাহরিয়ার | |
| Member of Parliament for Rangpur-1 | |
| In office 25 January 2009 – 24 January 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Moshiur Rahman Ranga |
| Succeeded by | Moshiur Rahman Ranga |
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| Born | 18 June 1974 |
| Party | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
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| Relatives | HM Ershad, GM Quader (uncles) Saad Ershad (cousin) |
Early life and family
Shahriar was born on 18 July 1974 to a Bengali Muslim family in Rangpur, Bangladesh. His father, Mozammel Hossain Lalu, has roots in Dinhata in present-day India. His paternal grandfather, Maqbul Hossain, was a lawyer and served as a minister of the erstwhile Maharaja of Cooch Behar.[2]
Career
Shahriar was elected to parliament from Rangpur-1 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 2008.[3] 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 Shahriar with Rangpur Police Station over the clash.[4][5]
In 2017, Shahriar was expelled from Jatiya Party by Ershad for contesting Rangpur City mayoral election as an independent candidate against the official candidate of Jatiya Party.[6] He ran as an independent candidate in the Rangpur-3 by-election and lost to his cousin Saad Ershad.[7]