Morshed Khan

Morshed Khan
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Born:	August 8, 1940
Office:	Adviser to the Chairperson
Political Party:	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Alma Mater:	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Religion:	Islam

Minister of Foreign Affairs Morshed Khan with United States Secretary of State Collin Powell.

Morshed Khan (Bangla: মোরশেদ খান) (born August 8, 1940 in Chittagong) was the foreign minister of Bangladesh^[1] from 2001 to 2006. Prior to entering politics, Khan was one of the most successful businessmen in Bangladesh. His many assets and holdings in Bangladesh include Citycell, Pacific Motors and Arab Bangladesh Bank.

Morshed Khan studied engineering at the Tokyo University of Technology and Agriculture, and graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering. Following that, he received his post-graduate diploma from Sofia University, Japan. After his return to Bangladesh, he established several industries. He became active in politics first as the chairman to the Committee of Foreign Affairs and then as a special envoy of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led government between 1991 and 1996. He has served several terms in the Jatiyo Sangshad, the national parliament of Bangladesh. He served as the Foreign Minister in the Cabinet from October 2001 until a caretaker government took office to prepare for new elections in October 2006. During the Caretaker governments rule, he escaped to Singapore but then later went to jail after surrendering.

He is married and has 4 daughters and 1 son. He also has 5 grandsons, 2 granddaughters.

He is the owner of Citycell, the first mobile phone service provider in South Asia, Pacific Motors, a car dealership, and Arab Bangladesh Bank, one of the first banks in Bangladesh.

References

1. ^ Schendel, Willem van (2005). The Bengal borderland: beyond state and nation in South Asia. Anthem Press. pp. 207–. ISBN 9781843311454. http://books.google.com/books?id=KqTIhTWuAXcC&pg=PA207. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 

Preceded by A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury

Minister of Foreign Affairs 2001-2006

Succeeded by Iajuddin Ahmed

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Name	Mustafa, Morshed
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