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# Little by Little (Oasis song)

"Little by Little" is a song by English rock band Oasis, first released as the sixth track on their fifth studio album, Heathen Chemistry. In September 2002, it was released with "She Is Love" as the first (and only) double A-side single by the band, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart and number nine on the Irish Singles Chart. "Little by Little" by itself reached number two on the Canadian Singles Chart and number five in Italy. Noel Gallagher provides lead vocals on both tracks, which he also wrote.
The promo video to the song featured a guest role by Robert Carlyle. The cover art for the single is an homage to Robert Indiana's Love artwork series.

## Background

Liam Gallagher was originally meant to record lead vocals for "Little by Little", but according to Noel, he couldn't manage it. "It's a shame 'cos that would have made it extra, extra special. When it came to him (recording the vocals) you could see he was going, 'I'm not going to fucking get it.' And we were all willing him to get it. I went in and did a version and you could see he was sat at the desk going, 'Fucking bastard. He's got it.' But he doesn't want to do anything that's shit."

## Music video

There are two versions of the music video, one being Noel Gallagher sitting on a doorstep singing and playing guitar as people (including Gem Archer) throw money to him. A small man (played by Robert Carlyle) mimes to Gallagher. It then shows Carlyle's character at a bus stop with Alan White and then grows to normal size and trips over but is helped up by Liam Gallagher. Carlyle's character is then last seen growing to giant size, walking into a forest and then into farmland. The alternate version shows the band playing in a concert at Finsbury Park in 2002.

## Track listings

* UK 7-inch single and European CD single (RKID 26; HES 673068 1)
* "Little by Little"
* "She Is Love"
* UK 12-inch and CD single, Australian CD single (RKID 26T; RKIDSCD26; 673068.2)
* "Little by Little"
* "She Is Love"
* "My Generation"
* UK and European DVD single (RKIDSDVD 26; HES 673068 8)
* "Little by Little"
* "Little by Little" (demo)
* 10 Minutes of Noise and Confusion Pt. 3 (Finsbury Park, London, July 2002)
* European CD single—Special Tour Edition (HES 673068 5)
* "Little by Little"
* "My Generation"
* "Columbia" (live)
* "Little by Little" (live video) (Finsbury Park, London, July 2002)

## Personnel

Oasis
* Noel Gallagher – lead vocals and acoustic guitar
* Gem Archer – electric guitar
* Andy Bell – bass
* Alan White – drums and tambourine
Additional musicians
* Paul Stacey – organ

## Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Little by Little" :
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| United Kingdom (BPI) | Platinum | 600,000$^‡$ |
| $^‡$ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |||

## Release history

Release dates and formats for "Little by Little" :
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) |
| Japan | 19 September 2002 | CD | Epic |
| Denmark | 23 September 2002 | CD | Helter Skelter |
| United Kingdom | 23 September 2002 | 7-inch vinylCD | Big Brother |
| Australia | 14 October 2002 | CD | Helter Skelter |
# Uwe Timm (libertarian author)

Uwe Timm (5 February 1932 – 7 March 2014) was a German writer, anarchist, and anti-militarist. He was the co-editor of espero. He was born in Hamburg, Germany.
Timm died on 7 March 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. He was 82 years old.
# Eléonora Molinaro

Eléonora Anne-Sophie Rbis Molinaro Simon (born 4 September 2000) is a Luxembourgish former tennis player.

## Career

Molinaro started playing tennis aged seven.
Having started the year with a WTA ranking of 822, she reached the final of the first ten tournaments she played in 2018, winning two out of four finals on the ITF Circuit and four out of six at the junior level. This resulted in her cracking the top 500 for the first time in March and being seeded sixth in her first appearance in a junior Grand Slam tournament at the French Open. She reached the quarterfinals before bowing out to eventual champion Coco Gauff.
Since November 2021, she has only competed in three ITF tournaments.
Playing for Luxembourg Fed Cup team, she has win–loss records of 19–9 in singles and 6–7 in doubles.

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 12 (8 titles, 4 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $25,000 tournaments
* $15,000 tournaments
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (8–3)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 2018 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | Vlada Koval | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Feb 2018 | Open de l'Isère, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Fiona Ferro | 4–6, 7–6$^{(5)}$, 6–7$^{(3)}$ |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2018 | ITF Amiens, France | 15,000 | Clay (i) | Katarina Zavatska | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Mar 2018 | ITF Gonesse, France | 15,000 | Clay (i) | Marine Partaud | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Mar 2019 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | Maryna Chernyshova | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Mar 2019 | ITF Gonesse, France | 15,000 | Clay (i) | Rebeka Masarova | 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–3 | May 2019 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | Zeynep Sönmez | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–3 | May 2019 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | Inès Ibbou | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–3 | Jul 2019 | Open Porte du Hainaut, France | 25,000 | Clay | Katharina Hobgarski | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–3 | Sep 2019 | ITF Brno, Czech Republic | 25,000 | Clay | Federica Di Sarra | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7–4 | Feb 2020 | Open de l'Isère, France | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Clara Burel | 7–5, 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 8–4 | Mar 2020 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | Zeynep Sönmez | 6–2, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 5 (4 runner–ups, 1 cancelled)

* Legend
* $25,000 tournaments
* $15,000 tournaments
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–3)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2018 | ITF Schio, Italy | 15,000 | Clay | Jessica Crivelletto | Costanza Traversi Aurora Zantedeschi | 6–7$^{(5)}$, 6–7$^{(4)}$ |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jan 2019 | ITF Stuttgart, Germany | 15,000 | Hard (i) | Daniela Vismane | Laura Ioana Paar Julia Wachaczyk | 5–7, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Mar 2019 | ITF Le Havre, France | 15,000 | Clay (i) | Svenja Ochsner | Tayisiya Morderger Yana Morderger | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | May 2019 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | Yulia Kulikova | Cemre Anıl Dasha Ivanova | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Finalist | – | Oct 2022 | ITF Hilton Head, United States | 15,000 | Clay | Daria Kuczer | Paris Corley Lexington Reed | canc. |
# Terror Squad: The Album

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| Rap Pages | B |
| RapReviews | 7.5/10 |
| The Source | |
| Vibe | (Mixed) |
Terror Squad: The Album is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Terror Squad. It was released on September 21, 1999 through Atlantic Records. Production was handled by Armageddon, The Alchemist, Buckwild, Dirtman, DJ Noodles, Don "A.P." Sellers, JuJu, LA' Smouve, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, The Infinite Arkatechz, V.I.C., Yogi "Sugar Bear" Graham and Younglord, with Craig Kallman, Fat Joe and Greg Angelides serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Buju Banton, Keith Nut and The Bleach Brothers, as well as contributions from Tony Sunshine, who later joined the group's line-up.
The album debuted at number 22 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts in the United States.

## Personnel
### Terror Squad

* Felix "Cuban Link" Delgado – vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14), mixing (track 11)
* Christopher "Big Pun" Rios – vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 13)
* John "Armageddon" Eaddy – vocals (tracks: 2, 5, 9, 10, 12, 15), producer (tracks: 9, 10, 15)
* Richard "Prospect" Perez – vocals (tracks: 1–3, 8, 10)
* Sammy "Triple Seis" Garcia – vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8, 16)
* Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartagena – vocals (tracks: 2, 7, 12, 13, 16), executive producer
* Antonio "Tony Sunshine" Cruz – vocals (tracks: 8, 12, 14)

### Additional personnel

* Mark "Buju Banton" Myrie – vocals (track 13)
* Keith Keith/Keith Nut – vocals (track 15)
* Dirtman – vocals & producer (track 16)
* Reka – vocals (track 16)
* Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence – keyboards & producer (track 1)
* Moise Laporte – keyboards & piano (track 1)
* Chauncey Mahan – keyboards (track 13)
* Jeremy A. "Yogi Bear" Graham – producer & mixing (track 2)
* Alan "The Alchemist" Maman – producer & mixing (tracks: 2, 7)
* Jerry "JuJu" Tineo – producer & mixing (track 4)
* Michael "Mike Trauma D" Dewar – producer (track 5)
* Collin "Jugrnaut" Dewar – producer (track 5)
* Victor "V.I.C." Padilla – producer (track 6)
* DJ Noodles – producer & mixing (track 8)
* Don "A.P." Sellers – producer (track 11)
* Richard "Younglord" Frierson – producer & mixing (track 12)
* Anthony "Buckwild" Best – producer & mixing (track 13)
* J. "LA' Smouve" Wilson – producer (track 14)
* Rob "Reef" Tewlow – mixing (track 11), co-executive producer, A&R
* Charles McCrorey – mixing
* Chris Conway – mixing
* Christian "Soundboy" Delatour – mixing
* Christos Tsantilis – mixing
* Doug Wilson – mixing
* Jason Goldstein – mixing
* Ken "Duro" Ifill – mixing
* Mark Mitchell – mixing
* Nikos Teneketzis – engineering
* Eric Smith – engineering assistant
* Shane Stoneback – mixing assistant
* Tim Butler – mixing assistant
* Leon Zervos – mastering
* Gregory J. Angelides – executive producer
* Craig Kallman – executive producer
* Ola Kudu – artwork
* Jonathan Mannion – photography

## Charts

| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
| US Billboard 200 | 22 |
| US Top R&B Albums (Billboard) | 4 |
# Nadia Zyncenko

Nadia Zyncenko (born 1 April 1948) is an Argentine weather forecaster and meteorologist of Italian birth and Ukrainian descent.

## Biography

Nadia Zyncenko is the daughter of Vladímir Zyncenko (Владимир Зинченко), a Ukrainian veteran of the Red Army in World War II, and the Ukrainian María Petrenko (born 1924). After the war her parents met in Rome and went to live in Bagnoli (then a coastal village 5 km from Naples, now a neighborhood in the west of the city), where Nadia was born.
   A few days after I was born, my parents put me on a transatlantic liner, fleeing from hunger, and we arrived in Argentina. Since at home I spoke in Ukrainian and in school in Spanish, I could never adapt my way of speaking to Argentina.
She grew up with her parents in a rural area of Pilar, Buenos Aires Province, 40 km from the city of Buenos Aires. There her two brothers, Pablo and Pedro, were born.
   During the eight years he was in combat, my dad spent his time looking at the sky, where planes flew and bombs fell. When he came to Argentina he continued doing the same, but not waiting for bombs but trying to guess how the weather would be. That's how he, an immigrant in the middle of the countryside, ended up telling the neighboring dairy farmers how the weather was going to be.

## Professional career

Zyncenko entered the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, where she obtained a scholarship from the National Meteorological Service, a state agency that at that time was dependent on the Argentine Air Force. She is an active member of the International Organization of Weather Presenters.
In 1980 she earned a spot as a substitute "weather presenter" on Televisión Pública Argentina (Canal 7), the state television station. She later got a permanent job on Buenos Aires' Canal 11 (now Telefe). In 1992, she became once again "the weather woman" on the state channel, this time permanently, appearing from Monday to Friday at noon and 9:00 p.m., and on Sundays at midnight. Meanwhile, she kept her job at the National Meteorological Service (with the position "chief of aeronautical meteorology" at Jorge Newbery airport, among others), until 2010.
On Monday, 4 June 2012, she started her own half-hour television program, Nadia 6:30, on Televisión Pública Argentina.
On 18 May 2014 she received a special career recognition at the Martín Fierro Awards.
On 6 February 2018, Zyncenko was separated from Televisión Pública, apparently for having exceeded – at 69 – the retirement age. Despite this, on 8 February 2018, the government extended retirement until age 70 for men and women.
# PS Luwu

Persatuan Sepakbola Luwu (simply known as PS Luwu) is an Indonesian football club based in Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi. They currently compete in the Liga 4.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 15 May 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | IDN | Ikhsan |
| — | GK | IDN | Muh. Alfathan |
| — | DF | IDN | Abd. Malik |
| — | DF | IDN | Aslan |
| — | DF | IDN | Galang Ramadhan |
| — | DF | IDN | Ikhwal Mansur |
| 28 | DF | IDN | Saiful |
| — | DF | IDN | Salman Zidane Alfarisi |
| — | MF | IDN | Adrian Paturu |
| — | MF | IDN | Akbar |
| — | MF | IDN | Aldi Firansyah |
| — | MF | IDN | Algi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | IDN | Jusdi Mahendra |
| — | MF | IDN | Muyassir Hidayat |
| 31 | MF | IDN | Rahmat Hidayat |
| — | MF | IDN | Ramdhan |
| — | MF | IDN | Rehan |
| — | MF | IDN | Rizal |
| — | MF | IDN | Yusril |
| — | FW | IDN | Arham Dembele |
| — | FW | IDN | Chandra Chan |
| — | FW | IDN | Muh. Fahrian |
| 26 | FW | IDN | Raikard Dwi Yulianto |

## Sponsorship

* Dwi Area
* Pemuda Pancasila Kabupaten Luwu
* PT Masmindo
* Alonzo Tri Mulya
* Ubas Extreme
* Marflex (apparel)
# Troy Stolz

Troy Graham Stolz is an Australian whistleblower and gambling reform advocate. He is currently serving as a councillor for the Upper Hunter Shire Council since the 2024 New South Wales local government elections.
He was the head of ClubsNSW's anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism unit until 2019. He leaked an internal report that stated that 95% of registered clubs in New South Wales were non-compliant with anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism laws.

## ClubsNSW lawsuit

Stolz was sued by ClubsNSW, with the former employer arguing that he owed a duty of confidence, and that Stolz had used confidential documents in his consulting work after leaving ClubsNSW. The charges were settled shortly after ClubsNSW's CEO was fired.
The decision to sue Stolz was widely criticised in the press, with casino mogul James Packer calling the lawsuit "ruthless [and] unethical".
As part of the lawsuit, ClubsNSW obtained injunctive relief restraining Stolz from speaking about the conduct of ClubsNSW in a way that could "bring improper pressure on the respondent". After an interview with YouTuber Jordan Shanks, both Stolz and Shanks were the target of criminal contempt of court proceedings for violating the restraining order, with ClubsNSW acting as a private prosecutor. These charges were dropped in February 2023.

## Political career

Stolz ran as an independent candidate in Kogarah at the 2023 New South Wales state election, campaigning on a platform of cashless gaming reform. His candidacy directly opposed Labor leader, Chris Minns, running for the same seat. Stolz called on the Labor leader to join in on the Liberal's plan to transition New South Wales to cashless pokies by 2028. Minns expressed reticence due to potential risks of exacerbating money loss during gambling. Stolz placed 4th, garnering 2,186 votes, or 4.3% of the votes.
In the 2024 New South Wales local government elections, Soltz ran as a councillor for the Upper Hunter Shire. He was elected in fourth place, garnering a total of 893 votes, or 10.9%.

## Other advocacy

In November 2023, Stolz joined other whistleblowers in an open letter condemning the prosecution of Australian Army whistleblower David McBride.

## Personal life

Stolz is currently battling stage 4 bone cancer.
# Award Software

Award Software International Inc. was a BIOS manufacturer founded in 1983 by Rene Vishney and Bob Stillman in San Jose, California. In 1984, the company moved its international headquarters to Los Gatos, California, United States.

## History

In 1988, Bob Stillman left the company. The company was held privately by Rene Vishney (chairman of the board) and his wife, Deborah Lee (Marlow) Vishney (Chief Executive Officer).
In 1993, it was sold to Taiwan company GCH Systems Ltd. (now defunct).
On 24 October 1996, Award Software International Inc. announced its initial public offering.
On 16 June 1997, Award Software International Inc. announced the acquisition of BIOS upgrades provider Unicore Software, Inc. making it a subsidiary of Award.
On 16 April 1998, Phoenix Technologies Ltd. and Award Software International Inc. announced the completion of a definitive merger agreement where Phoenix Technologies Ltd. would become the surviving corporate entity following the merger completion on 30 June 1998. The merger was completed on 28 September 1998.

## Subsidiaries

* Award Software Europe
* Award Software Hong Kong, Ltd
* Award Software Japan, KK: Established in 1997-06-03.
* Award Software International, Inc.
* Unicore Software, Inc.

## Products

* AwardBIOS: It is a BIOS developed by Award Software, and later Phoenix Technologies.
** Note: Later revisions of AwardBIOS still attribute copyright to Award Software Inc. instead of Phoenix Technologies Ltd., even well after the merger was completed in 1998. This also applies to UEFI firmwares.
* CardWare: It is a PC Card software product.
* EliteBIOS: It is the system management software product that Award Software designs, develops and markets to the manufacturers of desktop, server, mobile and embedded systems.
* PC DIAG: Diagnostic software
* CheckIt POSTcard: Power On Self Test system diagnostic board
** ISA POSTcard: ISA Diagnostic hardware
** PCI POSTcard: PCI Diagnostic hardware
* Preboot Manager
* SMSAccess: System management software suite
** DMIAccess: Desktop Management Interface utilities
** LMAccess: Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 95-based hardware status monitoring and alarm application
** MPCAccess
** RPBAccess: Remote, preboot diagnostic and repair software
* USBAccess: It is a USB-host software targeted for consumer electronics and embedded device manufacturers.
* WWWAccess: Product suite for Internet appliance applications using Intel x86 embedded design.
** APIAccess: Integrates Win32 applications into real-time systems. Formerly Willows Toolkit for UNIX and Willows RT for Embedded Systems from Willows Software.
# Mahma Xelil

Mahma Xelil (Kurdish: Mahma Xelîl, Arabic: محما خليل - also written as Mahma Khalil or Mehme Khalil) is the current mayor of Sinjar in Nineveh Province, Iraq.

## Mayor of Sinjar

Xelil was a self-appointed mayor of Sinjar of Kurdish Yazidi origin on November 11, 2015. Due to the presence of Daesh in Sinjar, the election was actually held in Alqosh in Nineveh Governorate. Once returning to Sinjar and unearthing the mass graves of Yazidis, Xelil has called the actions of Daesh in the Sinjar region a "genocide of the Yazidis."

## Previous Roles

Xelil was a Member of Parliament in the Iraqi Parliament representing the Kurdistan Alliance as well as a Peshmerga commander.
# Foshan Nanshi F.C.

Foshan Nanshi Football Club (simplified Chinese: 佛山南狮足球俱乐部; traditional Chinese: 佛山南獅足球俱樂部; pinyin: Fóshān Nánshī Zúqiú Jùlèbù; lit. 'Foshan Southern Lions F.C.') is a Chinese professional football club based in Foshan, Guangdong, that competes in China League One, the second tier of Chinese football. Foshan Nanshi plays its home matches at the Nanhai Sports Center, located within Nanhai District.

## History

Dongguan Machong Rongyi F.C. was founded on 19 October 2016 in the town of Machong, in Dongguan. The club changed its name to Guangdong Rongyi F.C. in 2017 and Guangdong Lianghetang F.C. in 2019. The club won Chinese Champions League in 2020 and was promoted to China League Two. In 2021, the club changed its name to Dongguan United F.C. On 28 December 2023, the club changed its name to Foshan Nanshi F.C.

## Name history

* 2016: Dongguan Machong Rongyi F.C. (东莞麻涌融易)
* 2017–2018: Guangdong Rongyi F.C. (广东融易)
* 2019–2020: Guangdong Lianghetang F.C. (广东良和堂)
* 2021–2023: Dongguan United F.C. (东莞莞联)
* 2023–present: Foshan Nanshi F.C. (佛山南狮)

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 10 March 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CHN | Gao Yuqin |
| 4 | DF | CHN | Luo Xin |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Chen Guokang |
| 7 | FW | URU | Nicolás Albarracín |
| 8 | DF | CHN | Zhang Zichao |
| 9 | MF | CHN | Chang Feiya |
| 10 | FW | CPV | Carlos Fortes |
| 11 | MF | CHN | Zhong Ziqin |
| 12 | GK | CHN | Yang Chao |
| 13 | DF | CHN | Zhang Xingbo |
| 14 | DF | CHN | Yao Xilong |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Chen Jie |
| 16 | MF | CHN | Hua Mingcan (on loan from Henan) |
| 17 | DF | SRB | Mario Maslać |
| 19 | DF | CHN | Ou Xueqian |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | CHN | Liu Zongyuan (on loan from Henan) |
| 22 | GK | CHN | Jiang Qinglong |
| 23 | MF | CHN | Liu Xiangchen |
| 24 | MF | CHN | Wu Yuchen |
| 26 | FW | TPE | Yu Yao-hsing |
| 27 | FW | CHN | Zheng Junwei (on loan from Henan) |
| 28 | DF | CHN | Zhang Zhihao (on loan from Henan) |
| 29 | DF | CHN | Sun Xiaobin |
| 30 | MF | CHN | Huang Chuqi |
| 31 | DF | CHN | Yao Hui |
| 35 | MF | CHN | He Mingli |
| 36 | MF | CHN | Shi Liang |
| 37 | GK | CHN | Qin Haoqing |
| 39 | MF | CHN | Li Bowen |
| 45 | MF | CHN | Wei Feng |

## Honours

League
* CMCL
** Champions: 2020
# Akbar Hossain

Bir Protik Akbar Hossain (18 January 1941 – 25 June 2006) was a Bangladeshi politician of Bangladesh National Party. He served as the minister of Minister for Shipping, Minister for the Environment and Forests and Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources.

## Biography

Hossain was born in Kashari Patty on 18 January 1941, in Comilla District.

## Military career

Hossain joined the army at Kakul Military Academy in Pakistan in May 1966, after his commission, he was posted to the 31 Baluch Regiment. While serving, he studied for his bachelor's at the University of Dhaka, receiving the degree in 1969.
Hossain joined the War of Independence in 1971 first under Khaled Musharraf and then with the Z force headed by Ziaur Rahman. He was decorated for gallantry, receiving the 'Bir Protik' for his role in the War. After independence was won, he took voluntary retirement from the Bangladesh Army at the end of December 1973, after attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel.

## Political career

Hossain then became actively involved in politics and helped form the United People's Party (UPP) in January 1974. He went on to become the Vice-President of the UPP. In 1977, the UPP merged with the Jatiyatabadi Front, Hossain left and joined Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and played a crucial role in its founding. He was first made Special Secretary and then held the position of Joint Secretary General and was one of the Vice-Presidents of the BNP up until his death.
In 1978, Hossain was appointed as the minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources under the government of President Ziaur Rahman. Hossain was first elected a Member of the Bangladesh Parliament in 1979, he represented the Comilla 8th constituency in the 2nd Jatiyo Sangshad elections, a seat he was re-elected to four times. During the military dictatorship of General Hossain Mohammad Ershad, Akbar Hossain was jailed on five separate occasions for coming into conflict with the regime. After the ending of the military dictatorship and the election of Khaleda Zia, the country's first female Prime Minister. Hossain returned to government as Minister for the Environment and Forests in October 1993.
In October 2001, Hossain was appointed Minister for Shipping after the BNP led four-party alliance won the 8th Jatiyo Sangshad elections, with a two-thirds majority and Khaleda Zia became the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the third time. He died in Dhaka in 2006 following a massive heart attack.