Shah Moazzem Hossain | |
Native Name: | শাহ মোয়াজ্জেম হোসেন |
Office: | Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
Term Start: | 20 November 1987 |
Term End: | 6 December 1990 |
Predecessor: | Kazi Zafar Ahmed |
Successor: | Position abolished |
Office1: | 1st Chief Whip of Jatiya Sangsad |
1Blankname1: | Speaker |
Term Start1: | 7 April 1973 |
Term End1: | 6 November 1975 |
Predecessor1: | Position established |
Successor1: | Abul Hasanat Abdullah |
Constituency Mp2: | Rangpur-6 |
Term Start2: | September 1996 |
Term End2: | 24 November 1995 |
Predecessor2: | Abdul Jalil Pradhan |
Successor2: | Nur Mohammad Mondal |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
President: | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
Primeminister: | Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury Moudud Ahmed Kazi Zafar Ahmed |
Shah Moazzem Hossain (known as SM Hossain; 10 January 1939 – 14 September 2022)[1] was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the last deputy prime minister of Bangladesh.[2] He was elected as the Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rangpur-6 constituency as a Jatiya Party candidate in a by-election in September 1991 and served until November 1995.[3]
Hossain was active in student politics. He served as the whip of the 1972 Bangladesh Awami League government headed by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was a minister in the cabinet of Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad.[4]
He was elected to parliament from Rangpur-6 as a Jatiya Party candidate in a by-election in September 1991. The by-elections were called after Hussain Mohammad Ershad, who had won five seats including Rangpur-6, chose to resign and represent Rangpur-3.[5] [6] [7]
He joined Jatiya Party led by Hussain Mohammad Ershad but was removed from the party in 1992. He joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party afterwards.[8] He served as Vice-Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party until death.[9]