S. M. Jahangir Hossain

S. M. Jahangir Hossain is a member of the 13th Parliament elected from Dhaka-18. This is his first term in Parliament, as the nominee of the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party). He is a joint convener of the convening committee of the BNP's Dhaka Metropolitan North unit and, in Parliament, a member of the House Committee.

Jahangir Hossain was born in Dhaka on 1 January 1973. His father is A. K. M. Nuruzzaman and his mother Khairun Nesa. After his higher secondary education he enrolled at Tejgaon College.

His political career began in 1988 as a member of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal. He took part in the anti-autocracy movement of 1990 and that year was general secretary of the Chhatra Dal's college unit. The following year he was elected vice-president of the Tejgaon College students' union. In 1994 he became social welfare secretary of the Chhatra Dal, and in 2001 president of the Chhatra Dal's Dhaka Metropolitan North unit. He later joined the Jubo Dal and served as general secretary of the Dhaka Metropolitan North Jubo Dal in 2010, and as the Jubo Dal's central publicity secretary and central vice-president.

He was the BNP candidate for Dhaka-18 in the 2018 parliamentary election and in the 2020 by-election. During the 2024 quota reform movement he stood by the students and was involved in the movement in the Uttara area.

In the 13th parliamentary election held on 12 February 2026, he was elected MP for Dhaka-18 with 144,715 votes under the sheaf of paddy symbol. His wife is Razia Sultana; the couple have two daughters.

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