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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = Shamsul Islam<br />
|native_name = শামসুল ইসলাম<br />
|native_name_lang = bn<br />
|office = [[Ministry of Information (Bangladesh)|Minister of Information]]<br />
|term_start = 1993<br />
|term_end = January 1996<br />
|predecessor = [[Nazmul Huda]]<br />
|successor = [[Abu Sayeed]]<br />
|term_start1 = 6 May 2004<br />
|term_end1 = 29 October 2006<br />
|predecessor1 = [[Tariqul Islam]]<br />
|successor1 = [[Abul Kalam Azad (Bangladeshi politician)|Abul Kalam Azad]]<br />
|office2 = [[Ministry of Land]]<br />
|term_start2 = 10 October 2001<br />
|term_end2 = 6 May 2004<br />
|successor2 = [[Rezaul Karim Hira]]<br />
|office3 = [[Ministry of Commerce (Bangladesh)|Minister of Commerce]]<br />
|term_start3 = 1993<br />
|term_end3 = January 1996<br />
|predecessor3 = [[M. K. Anwar]]<br />
|successor3 = [[Tofail Ahmed (politician)|Tofail Ahmed]]<br />
|office4 = [[Ministry of Food (Bangladesh)|Minister of Food]]<br />
|term_start4 = 1991<br />
|term_end4 = 1993<br />
|successor4 = [[Matia Chowdhury]]<br />
|office5 = [[Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology|State Minister of Post and Telecommunications]]<br />
|term_start5 = 20 March 1991<br />
|term_end5 = September 1991<br />
|constituency_MP6 = [[Munshiganj-3]]<br />
|term_start6 = 5 March 1991<br />
|term_end6 = 27 October 2006<br />
|predecessor6 = Mohammad Jamal Hossain<br />
|successor6 = [[M. Idris Ali]]<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|1932|01|01|df=y}}<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|4|26|1931|1|1|df=y}}<br />
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
|party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''M Shamsul Islam''' (1 January 1932 – 26 April 2018)<ref name=passes>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-27|title=Ex-BNP minister Shamsul Islam passes away|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/ex-bnp-minister-shamsul-islam-passes-away-1568425|access-date=2020-09-07|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> 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 Khaleda Cabinet|first]] (1991–1996) and [[Second Khaleda Cabinet|second Khaleda cabinet]] (2001–2006).<ref name=passes/><br />
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==Career==<br />
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]].<ref name=passes/> He was also the general secretary of East Pakistan Family Planning Union during 1968–1971.<ref name=passes/><br />
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Islam served as the Bangladesh ambassador to Indonesia during [[Ziaur Rahman]]'s ruling.<ref name=passes/><br />
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Islam was a member of the standing committee of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]].<ref name=passes/> <br />
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On 2 September 2007, [[Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh)|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.<ref name=freed>{{cite news|title=BNP's Shamsul Islam freed on bail|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2008/07/31/bnp-s-shamsul-islam-freed-on-bail|accessdate=19 February 2018|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> He was later detained and freed on bail in July 2008.<ref name=freed/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anwara Islam, wife of BNP leader Shamsul Islam, is dead|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/06/03/anwara-islam-wife-of-bnp-leader-shamsul-islam-is-dead|date=2015-06-03|access-date=2020-09-07|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1932 births]]<br />
[[Category:2018 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Munshiganj District]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Indonesia]]<br />
[[Category:Information ministers of Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Land ministers of Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Food ministers of Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Commerce ministers of Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:State Ministers of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology]]<br />
[[Category:5th Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
[[Category:6th Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
[[Category:7th Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
[[Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
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