Mohammad Kamal Hossain
Profile
- Party
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Constituency
- Dhaka-5
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
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- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
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- Cabinet role
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Opposition MP focused on constitutional reform agenda; pushing for a new constitution rather than amendments, consistent with Jamaat's July-uprising reform platform.
Recent activity
- 2026-04-15 speech Sparked parliamentary debate by questioning the government's delay in convening the Constitution Reform Council; cited Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed's statement on referendum validity; warned Parliament would become illegitimate after 180 days if reform process stalled; called for total constitutional transformation, not mere amendment, to fulfil martyrs' aspirations. ↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Sworn in as MP for Dhaka-5 (constituency 178) as part of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad; Jamaat's first-ever parliamentary winner from any Dhaka city constituency. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
CONSTITUENCY NUMBER: EC number 178 confirmed by Wikipedia (Dhaka-5), viewsbangladesh.com, and BSS election results page. Constituency name 'Dhaka-5' and number 178 are consistent across all primary sources; no discrepancy with the requested number 178. GEOGRAPHIC NOTE: Dhaka-5 is not a traditional upazila-based seat; it covers wards 48-50 and 62-70 of Dhaka South City Corporation plus four union parishads (Dhania, Demra, Matuail, Sarulia) across Demra, Jatrabari, and Shyampur thanas. The upazilas field lists the three main thanas rather than formal upazilas, consistent with how urban Dhaka constituencies are treated. VOTE COUNTS: Winner 96,641 and runner-up (BNP's Md. Nabi Ullah, also referred to as Nobiullah Nabi) 87,491 confirmed by BSS election result page and Prothom Alo margin table. Margin = 9,150 votes. Total valid votes not confirmed from any primary source; vote share percentages not computed to avoid imputation. Registered voters: 419,996 (214,594 male, 205,397 female, 5 third gender) per viewsbangladesh.com pre-election data. EC-ONLY FIELDS (wealth and criminal cases): Prothom Alo reported from EC affidavit data that Kamal Hossain declared total assets under Tk 10 million (1 crore), movable assets Tk 339,000, cash Tk 3,980, and income (tax return) Tk 546,000; the income source section of his affidavit was left blank. No single precise total-asset figure is given in available sources; wealth_disclosed_bdt left null with this note. No criminal cases from EC affidavit confirmed in available sources; criminal_cases left empty. PARTY: Jamaat-e-Islami (formally Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami). This victory is Jamaat's first-ever win in a Dhaka city constituency. BIOGRAPHY: Born 1976, Chandpur village, Shahrasti Upazila, Chandpur district. Held Shibir (student wing) positions including President of Khilgaon Thana and President of Dhaka City East. Joined Jamaat-e-Islami in 2007. Ameer, Motijheel Thana Jamaat 2012-2018. Specific educational degree not confirmed in available sources; education left null. age=50 is computed from birth year 1976 (born 1976, current year 2026). RECENT ACTIVITY: The April 15, 2026 parliamentary speech on constitutional reform is the most significant verifiable public event in the 90-day window; no constituency visit or committee activity confirmed for the window from available sources. Parliamentary committee assignments not confirmed; parliament.gov.bd member profile not yet publicly indexed for this MP.
Sources
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360728
- https://www.bssnews.net/interview/357936
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka-5
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Kamal_Hossain
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/jkqctjdrxz
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/2b9cr33b9c
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/jamaat-secures-first-ever-parliamentary-wins-dhaka-1360676
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/parliament/407832/parliament-sees-debate-over-july-charter
- https://viewsbangladesh.com/13th-national-parliament-election-dhaka-district/