Shamsul_Islam_(Munshiganj_politician)

Shamsul Islam (Munshiganj politician)

Shamsul Islam (Munshiganj politician)

Bangladeshi politician (1932–2018)

For other people with the same name, see Shamsul Islam (disambiguation).

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]

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Career

Shamsul 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]

Shamsul Islam served as the Bangladesh ambassador to Indonesia during Ziaur Rahman's ruling.[1]

Shamsul Islam was a member of the standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1]

On 2 September 2007, Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Shamsul 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

Shamsul Islam was married to Anwara Sufia (d. 2015). Together they had two sons including Sayeeful Islam, a former president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Ex-BNP minister Shamsul Islam passes away". The Daily Star. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  2. [2]
    "BNP's Shamsul Islam freed on bail". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Anwara Islam, wife of BNP leader Shamsul Islam, is dead". bdnews24.com. 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2020-09-07.


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