Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Cumilla-1
- Terms
- 5
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- MSc Geology, University of Dhaka (1968); MSc, Imperial College University of London (1970); PhD Geology, University of London (1973); DIC, Imperial College (1974)
- Cabinet role
- —
BNP Standing Committee member elected from Cumilla-1 (Daudkandi and Meghna); presided over 13th parliament's inaugural session as pro tem speaker on March 12, 2026; held administration engagement meetings in both upazilas in early March 2026; no cabinet appointment
Recent activity
- 2026-03-12 appointment Nominated by PM Tarique Rahman to preside over the inaugural sitting of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad as the senior-most member (pro tem speaker); administered oath to newly elected MPs and chaired session until Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed was elected ↗↗
- 2026-03-08 constituency_visit Addressed views-exchange meeting with local administration officials at Meghna Upazila Parishad auditorium; called for sincerity and coordination among government officials to deliver PM's development agenda ↗
- 2026-03-05 constituency_visit Addressed views-exchange meeting at Daudkandi Upazila Parishad auditorium; stressed curbing corruption, rule of law, and accountability at all levels; directed authorities to act against terrorism, drugs, and extortion ↗
Provenance & notes
Constituency number 249 confirmed as Cumilla-1 by Wikipedia (List of members of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad), two independent BSS articles, and Dhaka Tribune election tracker. EC official romanisation is 'Cumilla-1'; 'Comilla-1' is the pre-2010 spelling still in common use -- both refer to the same seat. Boundary redrawn 2024: the EC gazette of 4 September 2024 placed Daudkandi and Meghna under Cumilla-1 and moved Titas and Homna to Cumilla-2. Six individuals filed a writ challenging this; the High Court on 8 January 2026 declared parts of the gazette without lawful authority. The Appellate Division stayed the HC verdict on 11 January 2026, so the 13 February 2026 election was held under the 2024 delimitation (Daudkandi + Meghna). boundary_redrawn_2024 = true is correct. Vote count: BSS (state news agency, two articles) reports winner at 141,440 votes and runner-up Md Maniruzzaman (Jamaat) at 94,845 votes (unofficial count, Feb 13). A separate count attributed to TBS reported 140,305 / 112,205; that figure cannot be independently verified from the source and may conflate postal ballots differently. BSS primary figure used as vote_count. Total valid votes not published in any source located; vote_share_percent, runner_up_vote_share, margin_percent, and total_valid_votes all set null. Runner-up name: BSS uses 'Md Maniruzzaman'; one source uses 'Moniruzzaman Bahalul'. Prior terms: Wikipedia confirms four terms from Comilla-2 spanning 1991-2006; the 2006 listing is a short caretaker-period session. Total term_count = 5 (four Comilla-2 + current Comilla-1 term). Ministerial posts: Minister of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (1991-1995) and Minister of Health and Family Welfare (2001-2006). committee_memberships: the Business Advisory Committee claim in a prior draft is unverified from any primary source; set to empty list. criminal_cases (EC-only rule): two ACC cases (money laundering and graft) filed before 2024 were dismissed by acquittal in Aug 2024 and Nov 2024. A new ACC case filed 2 June 2025 alleging Tk 35.18 crore illegal wealth remains active; a court froze 105 accounts (5 bank accounts, 13 wage-earner bonds, 87 FDRs) on 29 April 2026. No source confirms this 2025 case was declared by Mosharraf in his 2026 EC nomination affidavit -- per EC-only rule, criminal_cases = []; the active ACC case is documented here in notes only. wealth_disclosed_bdt: EC affidavit PDF not publicly accessible; set null.
Sources
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360587
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/360714
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comilla-1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khandaker_Mosharraf_Hossain_(BNP)
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/the-parliament-watch/parliament/news/khandaker-mosharraf-nominated-preside-over-inaugural-sitting-13th-parliament-4126956
- https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/368143
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/366259
- https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/367104
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/appellate-division-stays-high-court-ruling-cumilla-1-2-constituency-boundaries-1331696
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/homna-be-added-cumilla-2-constituency-sc-stays-hc-verdict-ec-gazette-4078326
- https://www.bssnews.net/others/382541
- https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/266523/acc-prosecutes-ex-minister-khandaker-mosharraf-hossain-for-tk-35cr-illegal-wealth