Shamsul Islam (Munshiganj politician)

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 four terms. He served as the minister of information, land, commerce, food and post and telecommunications during the first (1991–1996) and second Khaleda ministries (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, the 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.