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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician and cricket official}}
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician and cricket official}}
{{about|the Bangladeshi politician|the other people with similar name|Mustafa Kamaaaaal (disambiguation)}}
{{about|the Bangladeshi politician|the other people with similar name|Mustafa Kamal (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mustafa Kamal
| name = Mustafa Kamal
| native_name = {{nobold|মুস্তফা কামাল}}
| native_name = মুস্তফা কামাল
| image = Mustafa Kamal at ORACLE Office Launching Ceremony 2020.jpg
| image = Mustafa Kamal at ORACLE Office Launching Ceremony 2020.jpg
| caption = Kamal in 2020
| caption = Kamal in 2020

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| office = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency = [[Comilla-10]]
| constituency_MP = [[Comilla-10]]
| parliament = Bangladesh
| predecessor = [[Anwarul Azim (politician)|Anwarul Azim]]
| term_start = January 2009
| term_start = 25 January 2009
| office1 = [[Minister of Finance (Bangladesh)|Minister of Finance]]
| term_end = 6 August 2024
| primeminister1 = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| predecessor = [[Anwarul Azim (politician)|Anwarul Azim]]

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| predecessor1 = [[Abul Mal Abdul Muhit]]
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| office1 = [[Minister of Finance (Bangladesh)|Minister of Finance]]
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| term_start1 = 7 January 2019
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| primeminister1 = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
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| predecessor1 = [[Abul Mal Abdul Muhit]]
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| term_start1 = 7 January 2019
| term_end1 = 10 January 2024
| term_end1 = 10 January 2024
| successor1 = [[Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali]]
| successor1 = [[Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali]]

| office2 = [[Planning Ministry (Bangladesh)|Minister for Planning]]
| office2 = [[Planning Ministry (Bangladesh)|Minister for Planning]]
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| primeminister2 = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| term_start2 = 12 January 2014
| term_start2 = 12 January 2014
| term_end2 = 7 January 2019
| term_end2 = 7 January 2019
| predecessor2 = [[A. K. Khandker]]
| predecessor2 = [[A. K. Khandker]]
| successor2 = [[Muhammad Abdul Mannan]]
| successor2 = [[Muhammad Abdul Mannan]]

| office3 = [[International Cricket Council|President of the International Cricket Council]]
| office3 = [[International Cricket Council|President of the International Cricket Council]]
| predecessor3 = [[Alan Isaac]]
| predecessor3 = [[Alan Isaac]]
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| term_start3 = 1 July 2014
| term_start3 = 1 July 2014
| term_end3 = 1 April 2015
| term_end3 = 1 April 2015

| office4 = [[Bangladesh Cricket Board|President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board]]
| office4 = [[Bangladesh Cricket Board|President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board]]
| term_start4 = 23 September 2009
| term_start4 = 23 September 2009
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| predecessor4 = [[Sina Ibn Jamali]]
| predecessor4 = [[Sina Ibn Jamali]]
| successor4 = [[Nazmul Hasan Papon]]
| successor4 = [[Nazmul Hasan Papon]]

| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|06|15|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|06|15|df=yes}}
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'''Abu Hena Mohammad Mustafa Kamal''' (born 15 June 1947) commonly known as '''Lotus Kamal''' is a Bangladeshi politician, former cricket official, and businessman. He is a member of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] representing the [[Comilla-10]] constituency and is a former Minister for Planning as well as Minister of Finance.<ref>{{cite news |title=47-member new cabinet announced |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/new-cabinet-members-of-bangladesh-government-formed-monday-1683733 |access-date=24 February 2019 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref> He is the owner of Lotus Kamal Group, which is a well-known Bangladeshi conglomerate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.plandiv.gov.bd/index.php/planning-minister| title=A H M Mustafa Kamal| publisher=Ministry of Planning|access-date=5 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/site/page/7776684d-66c7-4236-8231-ac98f285b475| title=Cabinet Division | publisher=Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh|access-date=5 April 2015}}</ref> Kamal was awarded the [[Finance minister|Finance Minister]] of the Year 2020 by magazine ''[[The Banker]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.thebanker.com/Awards/Finance-Minister-of-the-Year/Finance-Minister-of-the-Year-2020?ct=true|title=Finance Minister of the Year 2020 |magazine=The Banker |access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref>
'''Abu Hena Mohammad Mustafa Kamal''' ({{langx|bn|আবু হেনা মোহাম্মদ মোস্তফা কামাল|Abu Hena Mohammad Mostofa Kamaal}}; born 15 June 1947) commonly known as '''Lotus Kamal''' is a Bangladeshi politician, former cricket official, and businessman. He was a member of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] representing the [[Comilla-10]] constituency and a Minister for Planning as well as Minister of Finance.<ref>{{cite news |title=47-member new cabinet announced |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/new-cabinet-members-of-bangladesh-government-formed-monday-1683733 |access-date=24 February 2019 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref> He is the owner of Lotus Kamal Group, which is a well-known Bangladeshi conglomerate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.plandiv.gov.bd/index.php/planning-minister| title=A H M Mustafa Kamal| publisher=Ministry of Planning|access-date=5 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/site/page/7776684d-66c7-4236-8231-ac98f285b475| title=Cabinet Division | publisher=Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh|access-date=5 April 2015}}</ref> Kamal was awarded the [[Finance minister|Finance Minister]] of the Year 2020 by magazine ''[[The Banker]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.thebanker.com/Awards/Finance-Minister-of-the-Year/Finance-Minister-of-the-Year-2020?ct=true|title=Finance Minister of the Year 2020 |magazine=The Banker |access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
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===Politics===
===Politics===
Kamal was elected to Parliament from [[Comilla-9]] in 1996.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2008-12-28 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |url=http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=256 |access-date=2023-08-15 |archive-date=28 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228234847/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=256 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He received 57,195 votes while his closest rival, [[Monirul Haq Chowdhury]] of [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party (E)]], received 47,570 votes.<ref name=":1" />
Kamal was elected to Parliament from [[Comilla-9]] in 1996.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2008-12-28 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |url=http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=256 |access-date=2023-08-15 |archive-date=28 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228234847/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=256 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He received 57,195 votes while his closest rival, [[Monirul Haq Chowdhury]] of [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party (E)]], received 47,570 votes.<ref name=":1" />


Kamal contested the 2001 election from Comilla-9 as an Awami League candidate and lost.<ref name=":1" /> He received 66,175 votes while Monirul Haq Chowdhury of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] candidate won with 78,622 votes.<ref name=":1" />
Kamal contested the 2001 election from Comilla-9 as an Awami League candidate and lost.<ref name=":1" /> He received 66,175 votes while Monirul Haq Chowdhury of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] candidate won with 78,622 votes.<ref name=":1" />
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Latest revision as of 09:31, 8 November 2024

This article is about the Bangladeshi politician. For the other people with similar name, see Mustafa Kamal (disambiguation).

Mustafa Kamal
মুস্তফা কামাল
Kamal in 2020
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Comilla-10
In office
25 January 2009 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byAnwarul Azim
Minister of Finance
In office
7 January 2019 – 10 January 2024
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byAbul Mal Abdul Muhit
Succeeded byAbul Hassan Mahmood Ali
Minister for Planning
In office
12 January 2014 – 7 January 2019
Preceded byA. K. Khandker
Succeeded byMuhammad Abdul Mannan
President of the International Cricket Council
In office
1 July 2014 – 1 April 2015
Preceded byAlan Isaac
Succeeded byZaheer Abbas
President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board
In office
23 September 2009 – 17 October 2012
Preceded bySina Ibn Jamali
Succeeded byNazmul Hasan Papon
Personal details
Born
Abu Hena Mohammed Mustafa

(1947-06-15) 15 June 1947 (age 77)
Comilla, Bengal Presidency, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka

Abu Hena Mohammad Mustafa Kamal (Bengali: আবু হেনা মোহাম্মদ মোস্তফা কামাল, romanized: Abu Hena Mohammad Mostofa Kamaal; born 15 June 1947) commonly known as Lotus Kamal is a Bangladeshi politician, former cricket official, and businessman. He was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad representing the Comilla-10 constituency and a Minister for Planning as well as Minister of Finance.[1] He is the owner of Lotus Kamal Group, which is a well-known Bangladeshi conglomerate.[2][3] Kamal was awarded the Finance Minister of the Year 2020 by magazine The Banker.[4]

Early life

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Kamal was born on 15 June 1947 in Laksham, Cumilla, East Bengal, British India. After the primary education from local Dattapur Primary School, SSC from Bagmara High School in 1962, later HSC from Cumilla Victoria Government College, and B.Com. (Honors) degree from Chittagong Government Commerce College in 1964–1967.[5] In 1967 he finished his undergraduate in Financial Management from the University of Dhaka. He completed his master's degree in accounting in 1968 from the University of Dhaka. He also earned a law degree. He is also an FCA (Fellow Chartered Accountant).[6]

Career

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Business

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Kamal founded the Lotus Kamal Group which is a well-known Bengali textile industry.

Politics

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Kamal was elected to Parliament from Comilla-9 in 1996.[7] He received 57,195 votes while his closest rival, Monirul Haq Chowdhury of Jatiya Party (E), received 47,570 votes.[7]

Kamal contested the 2001 election from Comilla-9 as an Awami League candidate and lost.[7] He received 66,175 votes while Monirul Haq Chowdhury of Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate won with 78,622 votes.[7]

Kamal was elected to his second term as a member of the Jatiya Sangsad for the constituency of Cumilla-10 in 2008.[8] He received 138,089 votes while his nearest rival, Mobasher Alam Bhuiyan of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 89,821.[8]

Kamal was reelected in 2014 unopposed after the election was boycotted by the main opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[9][6] He is Convener of Awami League in the Cumilla district (South). He is also the Finance and Planning Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League. He was appointed the Minister for Planning in January 2014.[10][11]

Kamal was re-elected to parliament in December 2018 from Comilla-10 as a candidate of the Awami League.[12] He received 405,299 votes while his nearest rival, Md Monirul Haq Chowdhuri of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 12,488 votes.[12] On 7 January 2019, Kamal was appointed the Minister of Finance of Bangladesh.[13]

Cricket administration

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Kamal has been involved with cricket and its development for last 30 years in various capacities. From 1990 to 2010 he was chairman of the cricket committee of Abahani Limited, before becoming the President of Asian Cricket Council between 2010 and 2012.[14]

In 2012, Kamal was named as the vice-president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the 2012–2014 term.[15][16] Prior to his nomination for the ICC, Kamal was the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board.[17] Kamal succeeded Alan Isaac as president of the ICC in 2014.[18]

Kamal resigned from his designation as ICC President, with effect from 1 April 2015. The resignation was reportedly to protest alleged non-compliance by the ICC of laws written in the constitution of the ICC, and he was an active protester of corruption in cricket.[19]

Personal life

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Kamal's daughter Nafisa Kamal is the director of Farmers Bank presently known as Padma Bank Limited and owner of Cumilla Victorians and wife is Kasmiri Kamal.

References

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  1. ^ "47-member new cabinet announced". The Daily Star. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  2. ^ "A H M Mustafa Kamal". Ministry of Planning. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Cabinet Division". Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Finance Minister of the Year 2020". The Banker. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Finance minister mustafa kamal gained first place in CA exam". Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  6. ^ a b মাননীয় মন্ত্রী. plandiv.gov.bd. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". 28 December 2008. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results - Amar Desh Online". 26 February 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  9. ^ "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Constituency 258". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  11. ^ "Mustafa Kamal". Bangladesh Cricket Board. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  12. ^ a b "Cumilla-10 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Hon'ble Finance Minister". Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Presidents of the Asian Cricket Council". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  15. ^ "Mustafa Kamal's nomination as ICC Vice-President 2012-14 accepted". International Cricket Council. 9 October 2012.
  16. ^ "Mustafa Kamal to be ICC Vice-President for 2012-14". The Times of India. 9 October 2012.
  17. ^ "Mustafa Kamal to be ICC Vice-President for 2012-14". Wisden India. FW Sports and Media India Private Limited. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  18. ^ "ICC Board of Directors, Chief Executives & IDI Board of Directors". Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  19. ^ "Clarke trophy row ends in shock resignation". Fox Sports. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
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