Mohammad Quamrul Islam

Mohammad Quamrul Islam
মোহাম্মদ কামরুল ইসলাম
State Minister for Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment
In office10 October 2001 – 9 July 2006
Succeeded by	Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad
State Minister for Shipping
In office9 July 2006 – 29 October 2006
Preceded by	Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury
Member of Parliament
In officeSeptember 1991 – June 1996
Preceded by	Mohammad Siraj Uddin Ahmed
Constituency	Dhaka-5
In office28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006
Preceded by	AKM Rahmat Ullah
Succeeded by	Habibur Rahman Mollah
Personal details
Party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch/service	Bangladesh Army
Years of service	1975-1988
Rank	Major
Unit	East Bengal Regiment
Commands	2IC of 26th East Bengal Regiment BM of 309th Infantry Brigade

Major (Retd.) Mohammad Quamrul Islam is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-5 constituency in the 5th, 6th and 8th parliaments.^[1][2][3] He was also a former state minister for expatriate welfare and overseas employment ministry, and also shipping ministry in the third Khaleda Zia cabinet.^[4][5][6]

Career

Islam served in the Bangladesh Army and retired with the rank of major.^[7]

During the 2007-2008 caretaker government, Islam confessed to corruption to the Truth and Accountability Commission.^[8]

References

1. "List of 8th Parliament Members"(PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
2. "List of 5th Parliament Members"(PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original(PDF) on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
3. "List of 6th Parliament Members"(PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original(PDF) on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
4. "Portfolios of 2 state ministers changed". The Daily Star. 10 July 2006. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
5. "Dying for a better life". Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
6. "Manpower export to Malaysia unlikely to resume in Nov". The Daily Star. 17 October 2004. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
7. "List of suspects published by newspaper". bdnews24.com. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
8. "PM discloses list of 456 people seeking Tac clemency". The Daily Star. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2022.