Sheikh Kabir Hossain () is a Bangladeshi businessman and a member of the Sheikh family of Tungipara. He was the President of Bangladesh Insurance Association. He served as President of Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh.

Early life

Hossain was born on 3 February 1942, to the

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Sheikh family of Tungipara in Gopalganj,

Faridpur district Faridpur District () is a district in south-central Bangladesh. It is a part of Dhaka Division. It is bounded by the Padma River to the northeast. The district was named for its headquarters, the city of Faridpur, Bangladesh, Faridpur, which its ...

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. His father was Sheikh Mosharraf Hossain (first-cousin of

Sheikh Lutfar Rahman Sheikh Lutfur Rahman (; 1881 – 30 March 1975) was a Bangladeshi ''serestadar'', an officer responsible for record-keeping at the Gopalganj civil court in British India. His son Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the first president of Bangladesh. Lutfar ...

) and his mother was Rahela Khatun. He completed his master's from the University of Dhaka. His second-cousin was

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman and activist who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangl ...

Career

Hossain worked at the

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, and

Sonali Bank Sonali Bank PLC (SBPLC) () is the biggest state-owned leading public commercial bank in Bangladesh. It is the largest bank in the country. Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury is the chairman of the Bank. History Sonali Bank was established in 1972 unde ...

. He resigned from government job after

assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh, was assassinated along with most of his family members during the early hours of 15 August 1975 by a group of Bangladesh Army personnel who invaded his Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, re ...

in 1975. Hossain is the chairperson of Sonar Bangla Insurance Limited, Khan Shaheb Sheikh Mosharraf Hossain Foundation, Central Depository Bangladesh Limited. He is the founding chairperson of Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital. He is also the founding chairperson of Khan Shaheb Sheikh Mosharraf Hossain School and College in

Tungipara Tungipara (Bengali language, Bangla: টুঙ্গিপাড়া) is a municipality in Tungipara Upazila of Gopalganj District, Bangladesh, Gopalganj District in Bangladesh. It is the birthplace of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is considered the ...

, Gopalganj. He is the chairperson of National Tea Company Limited. In July 2005, he was elected director of The International Association of Lions Clubs in Hong Kong for a two-year term. On 16 September 2008, Hossain chaired a meeting of Tungipara Association which demanded that the caretaker government release of former Prime Minister of Bangladesh

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from prison. On 15 December 2010, Hossain was elected chairman of Bangladesh Insurance Association. He is a director of Channel 24 and launched its test transmission in August 2011. Hossain is the President of Bangladesh Insurance Association, a trade association of insurance companies in Bangladesh. He asked Bangladesh Nationalist Party to not hold strikes due to their detrimental effect on the economy. He is the chairperson of

Fareast International University Fareast International University (FIU) () is a private university located at Banani in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The university was established in 2013 under the Private University Act, 2010. It was founded by Sheikh Kabir Hossain, a relative of Prim ...

and non-profit H.E.L.P. (Health and Education for the Local underprivileged People). He is the Managing Director of Kabico Limited. He is also the Managing Director of Masuda Dairy Nutrition Limited. In 2013, he was part of a panel formed by Dhaka Stock Exchange to investigate problems at the stock market. Hossain is the Chairperson of Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh, a trade association of private universities in Bangladesh. He was reelected President of the Association in 2017. He is the former chairperson of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society. He is a former director of the

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. He is a Trustee Board member of Bangabandhu Academy for Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development. Hossain was re-elected chairperson of National Tea Company Limited. In April 2021, Hossain was re-elected President of Bangladesh Insurance Association. He has been serving as president of association since 2011. Hossain has described the imposition of 15 percent income tax on private universities by the Government of Bangladesh as "unacceptable" in July 2021. He also sought the intervention of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to repeal the law. He is a member of the Board of Governors of

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Personal life

Hossain is married to Masuda Kabir and together they have three children. His daughter is married to the son of BNP's former secretary-general

Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan (; 3 January 1943 – 28 July 2010) was a Bangladeshi politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Early life Bhuiyan was born on 3 January 1943, at his maternal grandfather's house at Asad Nagar village under Mashimpu ...

References

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