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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Syed Ashraful Islam
| native_name = সৈয়দ আশরাফুল ইসলাম
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Sayed Ashraful Islam.jpg
| office = [[Ministry of Public Administration|Minister of Public Administration]]
| term_start = 6 January 2009
| term_end = 3 January 2019
| office1 = [[General Secretary]] of [[Awami League]]
| term_start1 = 2009
| term_end1 = 23 October 2016
| successor1 = [[Obaidul Quader]]
| constituency_MP2 = [[Kishoreganj-1]]
| term_start2 = 2008
| term_end2 = 3 January 2019
| predecessor2 = Alauddin Ahammad
| successor2 = [[Syeda Zakia Noor Lipi]]
| office3 = [[Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism]]
| term_start3 = 23 June 1996
| term_end3 = 15 July 2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/people/2019/01/04/syed-ashraful-islam-universally-respected|title=Syed Ashraful Islam- Universally respected|date=2019-01-04|website=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>
| predecessor3 = [[Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir]]
| successor3=[[Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin]]
| birth_date = {{circa|1952}}
| birth_place = [[Mymensingh]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|1|3|1952|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Bangkok]], Thailand
| spouse = Sheila Thakur
| father = [[Syed Nazrul Islam]]
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
}}
'''Sayed Ashraful Islam''' ({{circa|1952}} – 3 January 2019) was a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician. He was the General Secretary of the [[Bangladesh Awami League]] party. He served as a member of parliament and [[Ministry of Public Administration|minister of public administration]] of the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Parliamentary body summons BB's audit report|url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/92299/Parliamentary-body-summons-BB%E2%80%99s-audit-report|website=Prothom Alo|accessdate=18 January 2016}}</ref> Islam also served for a time as Minister of Local Government and Rural Development.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.albd.org/~parbonc/index.php/en/party/organisation |title=Awami League Central Working Committee |website=Bangladesh Awami League}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ashraf calls upon BNP to do peaceful politics|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/al-men-throng-rallies-197302|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=18 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Syed Ashraful Islam declines comment after losing LGRD ministry|url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2015/07/09/syed-ashraful-islam-declines-comment-after-losing-lgrd-ministry|website=bdnews24.com|accessdate=18 January 2016}}</ref>

==Early life==
Syed Ashraful Islam was the eldest son of [[Syed Nazrul Islam]], acting president of the [[Mujibnagar]] government in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/01/10/bangabandhu-remembered-on-homecoming-day|title=Bangabandhu remembered on Homecoming Day|website=bdnews24.com|accessdate=18 January 2016}}</ref> Islam was a [[Mukti Bahini]] member during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971]]. He was involved in politics from the student life. He became the General Secretary of greater [[Mymensingh]] District Chhatra League and assistant publicity secretary of the central unit. He also worked as the Acting General Secretary of Awami League after the arrest of its general secretary, Abdul Jalil. He was also working as the spokesman of Bangladesh Awami League Party before serving as General Secretary of the Awami League.<ref>{{cite web|title=PSC, EC to get equal status|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/psc-ec-get-equal-status-202282|website=The Daily Star|publisher=BSS|accessdate=18 January 2016}}</ref>

==Political career==
In 1975, following the killing of Islam's father in prison along with three other national leaders, he immigrated to the United Kingdom and lived in [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets]]. Whilst living in Tower Hamlets, he was involved in Bangladeshi community activism and played an important role in formation of Bangladesh Youth League (BYL). He was elected as an Education Secretary of Federation of Bangladeshi Youth Organisation (FBYO) and worked at an education project based at Montefiore Centre in Tower Hamlets. Before immigrating to the United Kingdom, he completed Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) in 1973 from Mymensingh Zillah School. He returned to Bangladesh in 1996 and was elected Member of Parliament (MP) from his home constituency, Kishoreganj Sadar, in the 7th national elections of Bangladesh. He was elected an MP in the 2001 election as well. He worked as a member of the parliamentary standing committee on foreign ministry. His electoral pledges include building up developed road and rail link from Dhaka to his home town, Kishoreganj. He was part of a committee to study the judicial pay scale.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cabinet committee to work on judiciary pay scale|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jan/14/cabinet-committee-work-judiciary-pay-scale|website=www.dhakatribune.com|accessdate=18 January 2016}}</ref>
Ashraful was re-elected from [[Kishoreganj-1]] constituency in the 11th parliamentary election which was held on 30 December 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/news/awami-league-leader-syed-ashraful-passes-away-bangkok-1682701|title=The death of a radiant star|date=2019-01-04|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref>

==Controversy==
Islam questioned the role of Bangladesh in the Saudi-led military alliance against terror.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ashraf questions joining Saudi alliance|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/ashraf-questions-joining-saudi-alliance-203605|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=18 January 2016}}</ref> He has criticised Bangladesh Bank and the Finance Ministry for the high rate of interest.<ref>{{cite web|title=Syed Ashraf flays finance minister, Bangladesh Bank for 'high' interest rate on loans|url=http://bdnews24.com/business/2016/01/17/syed-ashraf-flays-finance-minister-bangladesh-bank-for-high-interest-rate-on-loans|website=bdnews24.com|accessdate=18 January 2016}}</ref>

===Criticism of Muhammad Yunus===
Islam is known for his attacks on [[Nobel laureate]] and [[Grameen Bank]] founder [[Muhammad Yunus]]. In 2012, while addressing a program for farmers of cooperatives, he said:<ref name=":1">{{cite news|title=Ashraf snipes at Yunus|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/print_news.php?nid=233660|accessdate=15 October 2016|agency=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|publisher=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=11 May 2012}}</ref>
<blockquote>
His (Yunus's) basic subject is economics and he introduced microcredit programme, but did not get Nobel Prize in economics,
... He (Yunus) got Nobel Prize for Peace. But which war has he stopped with his activities and in which continent has he established peace through his microcredit program?
These days many of us know how one gets Nobel Prize. There are some countries in the world and a person's popularity increases once one has chips, cheese sandwiches and white wine in those countries.<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>

===Criticism of American diplomats===
Islam also criticised [[American diplomats]]. In the same gathering where he criticised Muhammad Yunus, he criticised [[Secretary of state (U.S. state government)|Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Clinton]] for a TV program on [[ATN Bangla]], alleging that she and the moderator, Munni Saha, were "attempting to undermine Bangladesh."<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Syed Ashraf swipes at Yunus, Hillary Clinton|url=http://print.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/old/more.php?news_id=129279&date=2012-05-11|accessdate=15 October 2016|agency=Financial Express|publisher=Financial Express|date=11 May 2012}}</ref>

In 2014, in a meeting in [[Khulna]], Islam called the [[Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs|US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs]] [[Nisha Desai Biswal]], who was on an official visit to Bangladesh, "a minister of two pennies," and added that said she "cannot change the power in Bangladesh."<ref>{{cite news|title=Nisha Desai is a minister of two pennies: Syed Ashraful|url=http://english.thereport24.com/article/16108/index.html|accessdate=15 October 2016|agency=TheReport24.com|publisher=TheReport24.com|date=29 November 2014}}</ref> On the same occasion, he belittled the [[US Ambassador to Bangladesh]], [[Dan Mozena]], calling him "maid Marzina."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ferdous|first1=Hasan|title=Ashraf remarks may hurt US relations|url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/56791/Ashraf-s-remarks-may-hurt-relations-with|accessdate=15 October 2016|agency=[[Prothom Alo]]|publisher=[[Prothom Alo]]|date=4 December 2014}}</ref>

==Illness==
In November 2018, Islam was diagnosed with stage-4 lung cancer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/awami-league-leader-syed-ashraful-seriously-ill-cancer-1656181|title=Ashraf seriously ill with cancer|date=2018-11-04|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2018/11/04/syed-ashraf-diagnosed-with-stage-4-lung-cancer|title=Syed Ashraf diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer|date=2018-11-04|website=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref> He died on 3 January 2019 in [[Bangkok]], Thailand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/01/03/minister-syed-ashraful-islam-dies-in-bangkok|title=Minister Syed Ashraful Islam dies in Bangkok|website=bdnews24.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:State Ministers of Tourism and Civil Aviation (Bangladesh)]]
[[Category:People from Kishoreganj District]]
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[[Category:Bangladeshi people of Arab descent]]

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