| Shamsul Islam | |
| Native Name: | শামসুল ইসলাম |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Minister of Information |
| Term Start: | 1993 |
| Term End: | January 1996 |
| Predecessor: | Nazmul Huda |
| Successor: | Abu Sayeed |
| Term Start1: | 6 May 2004 |
| Term End1: | 29 October 2006 |
| Predecessor1: | Tariqul Islam |
| Successor1: | Abul Kalam Azad |
| Office2: | Ministry of Land |
| Term Start2: | 10 October 2001 |
| Term End2: | 6 May 2004 |
| Successor2: | Rezaul Karim Hira |
| Office3: | Minister of Commerce |
| Term Start3: | 1993 |
| Term End3: | January 1996 |
| Predecessor3: | M. K. Anwar |
| Successor3: | Tofail Ahmed |
| Office4: | Minister of Food |
| Term Start4: | 1991 |
| Term End4: | 1993 |
| Successor4: | Matia Chowdhury |
| Office5: | State Minister of Post and Telecommunications |
| Term Start5: | 20 March 1991 |
| Term End5: | September 1991 |
| Constituency Mp6: | Munshiganj-3 |
| Term Start6: | 5 March 1991 |
| Term End6: | 27 October 2006 |
| Predecessor6: | Mohammad Jamal Hossain |
| Successor6: | M. Idris Ali |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1932 |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
M Shamsul Islam (1 January 1932 – 26 April 2018)[1] 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).[1]
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.[1] He was also the general secretary of East Pakistan Family Planning Union during 1968–1971.[1]
Shamsul Islam served as the Bangladesh ambassador to Indonesia during Ziaur Rahman's ruling.[1]
Shamsul Islam was a member of the standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[1]
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.[2] He was later detained and freed on bail in July 2008.[2]
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.[3]