Qamrul Islam

Qamrul Islam
Minister of Food
In office
19 June 2016 – 6 January 2019
Preceded byNuruzzaman Ahmed
Succeeded bySadhan Chandra Majumder
State minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
In office
6 January 2009 – 24 January 2014
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Dhaka-2
In office
25 January 2009 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byAbdul Mannan
Personal details
Born (1950-06-01) 1 June 1950 (age 74)
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Qamrul Islam (born 1 June 1950)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-2 constituency,[2][3] and also a former minister of food from 2014 to 2018.[4][5]

Islam was the state minister of law, justice and parliamentary affairs in the second Hasina cabinet.[6]

Islam was convicted on contempt of court charges in 2016.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ "Member profile". Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  2. ^ Shaikh, Emran Hossain (2 April 2018). "EC demarcation: Dhaka-2 constituency to be split in three". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. ^ "List of 11th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  4. ^ মাননীয় মন্ত্রীগণ [Honorable Ministers]. Cabinet Division (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. ^ Adhikary, Tuhin Shubhra; Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim (7 January 2019). "Hasina axes heavyweights". The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Honorable State Minister". Law and Justice Division. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh ministers Qamrul, Mozammel do not need to resign over contempt of oath, law minister says". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Writ challenges holding posts by 2 ministers". The Daily Star. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Anisul: Qamrul, Mozammel need not to resign". Dhaka Tribune. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.