{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Shawkat Hossain Hiron | order = 3rd | office = List of mayors of Barisal{{!}}Mayor of Barisal | term_start = 4 August 2008 | term_end = 15 June 2013 | predecessor = Awlad Hossain Dilu | successor = [[Ahsan Habib Kamal]] | office1 = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | constituency1 = [[Barisal-5]] | parliament1 = Bangladesh | term_start1 = 5 January 2014 | term_end1 = 9 April 2014 | predecessor1 = [[Majibur Rahman Sarwar]] | successor1 = [[Jebunnesa Afroz]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|10|15|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Patuakhali]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|04|09|1956|10|15|df=y}} | death_place = [[Apollo Hospital Dhaka]], Bangladesh | party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]] }}
'''Shawkat Hossain Hiron''' ({{langx|bn|শওকত হোসেন হিরণ}}) was a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and member of parliament for [[Barisal-5]].
==Early life== Hiron was born on 15 October 1956 in [[Patuakhali]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan.<ref name="Daily">{{cite news |title=AL lawmaker, ex-BCC mayor Hiron passes away |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/al-lawmaker-ex-bcc-mayor-hiron-passes-away-19517 |access-date=18 March 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=10 April 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
==Career== Hiron joined the Jatiya Party (Ershad) in 1986. He joined Bangladesh Awami League 1997. He became the president of the [[Barisal City]] unit of the Bangladesh Awami League in 2012. <ref name="Daily" /> He was elected [[mayor of Barisal City]] on 4 August 2008. He lost the reelection of Barisal mayoral election on 15 June 2013. He was elected member of parliament from [[Barisal-5]] on 5 January 2014 uncontested.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Barisal lawmaker Hiron remembered |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/arcprint/details/40147/2016-04-10 |access-date=18 March 2018 |work=The Independent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423004724/https://www.theindependentbd.com/arcprint/details/40147/2016-04-10 |archive-date=23 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Barisal ex-mayor Hiron passes away |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/barisal-ex-mayor-hiron-passes-away-19403 |access-date=18 March 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=9 April 2014 |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Hiron was married to [[Jebunnesa Afroz]].<ref name="alo">{{cite news |title=AL picks Hiron's wife Zebunnesa |url=http://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/47446/AL-picks-Hiron-s-wife-Zebunnesa |access-date=18 March 2018 |work=Prothom Alo |language=en}}</ref>
==Death and legacy== Hiron died on 9 April 2014 in [[Apollo Hospital Dhaka]], Bangladesh. A by elections was called in his constituency, [[Barisal-5]], after his death. Bangladesh Awami League nominated his wife, [[Jebunnesa Afroz|Zebunnesa Afroz]], to contest the Barisal-5 by election.<ref name="alo" /> She won the by-election and was elected to parliament.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hiron's wife takes oath Sunday |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/hirons-wife-takes-oath-sunday |access-date=18 March 2018 |work=bdnews24.com |date=21 June 2014}}</ref>
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