Shamsul Islam (politician)
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Shamsul Islam | |
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শামসুল ইসলাম | |
Minister of Information | |
In office 1993 – January 1996 | |
Preceded by | Nazmul Huda |
Succeeded by | Abu Sayeed |
In office 6 May 2004 – 29 October 2006 | |
Preceded by | Tariqul Islam |
Succeeded by | Abul Kalam Azad |
Ministry of Land | |
In office 10 October 2001 – 6 May 2004 | |
Succeeded by | Rezaul Karim Hira |
Minister of Commerce | |
In office 1993 – January 1996 | |
Preceded by | M. K. Anwar |
Succeeded by | Tofail Ahmed |
Minister of Food | |
In office 1991–1993 | |
Succeeded by | Matia Chowdhury |
State Minister of Post and Telecommunications | |
In office 20 March 1991 – September 1991 | |
Member of Parliament for Munshiganj-3 | |
In office 5 March 1991 – 27 October 2006 | |
Preceded by | Mohammad Jamal Hossain |
Succeeded by | M. Idris Ali |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 January 1932 |
Died | 26 April 2018 Dhaka, Bangladesh | (aged 87)
Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
M Shamsul Islam (1 January 1932 – 26 April 2018)[1] was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, a diplomat and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Munshiganj-3 constituency for 4 terms. He served as the minister of information, land, commerce, food and post and telecommunications during the first (1991–1996) and second Khaleda cabinet (2001–2006).[1]
Career[edit]
Islam served as the general secretary of Dhaka district unit and an executive member of the central committee of the now-defunct National Democratic Front party, led by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy.[1] He was also the general secretary of East Pakistan Family Planning Union during 1968–1971.[1]
Islam served as the Bangladesh ambassador to Indonesia during Ziaur Rahman's ruling.[1]
Islam was a member of the standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1]
On 2 September 2007, Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Islam, along with the former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and others on charges of awarding Global Agro Trade Company a cargo-handling deal through misuse of power.[2] He was later detained and freed on bail in July 2008.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Islam was married to Anwara Sufia Islam (d. 2015). Together they had two sons including Sayeeful Islam, a former president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Ex-BNP minister Shamsul Islam passes away". The Daily Star. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "BNP's Shamsul Islam freed on bail". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ↑ "Anwara Islam, wife of BNP leader Shamsul Islam, is dead". bdnews24.com. 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- 1932 births
- 2018 deaths
- People from Munshiganj District
- Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians
- Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Indonesia
- Information ministers of Bangladesh
- Land ministers of Bangladesh
- Food ministers of Bangladesh
- Commerce ministers of Bangladesh
- State Ministers of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology
- 5th Jatiya Sangsad members
- 6th Jatiya Sangsad members
- 7th Jatiya Sangsad members
- 8th Jatiya Sangsad members
- Place of birth missing
- Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician stubs