BNP Vice Chairman Shah Moazzem dies

Veteran politician and BNP Vice Chairman Shah Moazzem Hossain has died at his residence in the capital. He was 83.

He breathed his last due to old aged complications at his Gulshan residence at 9:30pm on Wednesday.

BNP Media Cell Member Shayrul Kabir Khan confirmed the death to Jago News.

Moazzem was born at Dogachi village in Munshiganj on January 10, 1939. 

He was active in student politics. He served as the whip of the 1972 Bangladesh Awami League government headed by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was a minister in the cabinet of Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad. 

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.

He joined Jatiya Party led by Hussain Mohammad Ershad but was removed from the party in 1992. He joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party afterwards. He served as Vice-Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party until death.