Shamsul Islam (Munshiganj politician)

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

Shamsul Islam
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	(1932-01-01)1 January 1932
Died	26 April 2018(2018-04-26) (aged 86) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party

M Shamsul Islam (1 January 1932 – 26 April 2018) 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).

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. He was also the general secretary of East Pakistan Family Planning Union during 1968–1971.

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

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

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. He was later detained and freed on bail in July 2008.

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.