Morshed Khan (born 8 August 1940) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the minister of foreign affairs of Bangladesh from 2001 until 2006. He served as a

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

member representing the

Chittagong-10 Chittagong-10 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Halishahar Cantonment and Chattogram City Corporation wards Sholokbahar Ward, 8, South Kattali Ward, ...

constituency in the 6th, 7th and 8th parliaments. Khan was imprisoned in May 2009 in connection with a graft case in which he was sentenced to 13 years.

Education

Khan completed his Bachelor of Engineering study from

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Career

In 1986, Khan was elected to the

. He was then elected to parliament three more times (February 1996, June 1996, and 2001). He was the special envoy to the prime minister during the tenure of the full-fledged minister from 12 to 8, and was also the chairman of the Bangladesh Special Committee on Foreign Affairs. Morshed Khan served as the

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of the government of Bangladesh from 2001 to 2006. Khan retired from politics by resigning from the vice president post of BNP on 5 November 2019.

Charges and convictions

In December 2007, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed cases against Khan and his wife for amassing Tk 1.7 crore wealth illegally and concealing information about wealth worth Tk 91.34 lakh in his wealth statement submitted to ACC. In August 2008, a special judge's court convicted Khan and sentenced him to 13 years' imprisonment. The High Court, in August 2010, suspended that sentence following an appeal by Khan. In 2013, ACC filed a case Khan, his wife Nasrin Khan and their son Faisal Morshed Khan under the Money Laundering Prevention Act. In September 2019, a Dhaka court allowed the government and ACC to confiscate their assets in Hong Kong. The assets include Hong Kong dollar worth Tk 16 crore with Standard Chartered Bank and 16.8 lakh shares of Fareast Telecommunications Ltd in Hong Kong.

Personal life

Khan is married to Nasrin Khan (originally from

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). His son, Faisal Morshed Khan, was the managing director of the pioneer mobile operator of

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, CityCell Mobile, Pacific Bangladesh Telecom. Faisal is married to his cousin, the daughter of A. M. Zahiruddin Khan (his father Morshed Khan's first-cousin). Morshed Khan's daughter is married to the only son of

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References

1940 births Living people Bangladeshi Muslims Politicians from Chittagong Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members Ministers of foreign affairs of Bangladesh {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub