Shahadat Hossain (), also known as Dr. Shahadat Hossain, is a Bangladeshi politician and doctor. He is the current mayor of Chittagong. He was the former organizing secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party central committee and president of its Chittagong Metropolitan unit.
Hossain was born on 2 June 1966 in Chittagong to Mr. Ahmadur Rahman, a businessman, and Mrs. Shayesta Khanam. He completed his MBBS degree from Chittagong Medical College. Then he completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Chittagong Medical College and Hospital.
Hossain is the managing director of Treatment Hospital near Prabartak Circle. All throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, he had been providing free telemedicine services to patients through a Facebook page.
Hossain began his political journey through student politics and served as the founding president of the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal, Chittagong Medical College unit. Apart from this, he also served as the general secretary and later as the president of the Chattogram Metropolitan unit, and as the organizing secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's central committee. Besides, he has been playing an important role in the ongoing movement led by BNP in the fight to bring back democracy in Bangladesh.
The Chittagong City Corporation mayoral election was held on 17 January 2021, in which Rezaul Karim Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Awami League was declared elected mayor by the Election Commission of Bangladesh. On 24 February 2021, Shahadat Hossain, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate, filed a lawsuit against the Election Commission and nine others alleging electoral fraud and seeking annulment of the results. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury fled the country upon the fall of Sheikh Hasina on 5 August 2024. On 1 October 2024, the Electoral Tribunal declared Shahadat Hossain the mayor-elect of the Chattogram City Corporation. Hossain was sworn in as the mayor on 3 November 2024. AF Hassan Ariff administered the oath at the Bangladesh Secretariat in Dhaka.