Mustafa Kamal (politician)

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

A. H. M. Mustafa Kamal
আ. হ. ম. মুস্তফা কামাল
Mustafa Kamal (the second from left)
Minister of Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 January 2019
President	Abdul Hamid
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Abul Mal Abdul Muhit
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2009
Preceded by	Anwarul Azim
Constituency	Comilla-10
Minister for Planning
In office 12 January 2014 – 7 January 2019
President	Abdul Hamid
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Succeeded by	Muhammad Abdul Mannan
President of the International Cricket Council
In office 1 July 2014 – 1 April 2015
Preceded by	Alan Isaac
Succeeded by	Zaheer Abbas
President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board
In office 23 September 2009 – 17 October 2012
Preceded by	Sina Ibn Jamali
Succeeded by	Nazmul Hasan Papon
Personal details
Born	Abu Hena Mohammed Mustafa (1947-06-15) 15 June 1947 Comilla, Bengal Presidency, British India
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Bangladesh Awami League
Alma mater	University of Dhaka

Abu Hena Mohammad Mustafa Kamal (Bengali: আবু হেনা মুহাম্মদ মুস্তফা কামাল; born 15 June 1947) much commonly known as Lotus Kamal is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman. He is a member of the Jatiya Sangsad representing the Cumilla-10 constituency and is a former Minister for Planning and current Minister of Finance. He is the owner of Lotus Kamal Group, which is a well-known Bengali textile industry. Kamal was awarded the Finance Minister of the Year 2020 by the Banker.

Early life

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. 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 a FCA (Fellowship Chartered Accountant).

Business

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

Career

Politics

Kamal was elected to Parliament from Cumilla-9 in 1996. He was elected to his second term as a member of the Jatiya Sangsad for the constituency of Cumilla-10 in 2008 and 2014. He is Convener of Bangladesh 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.

Mr kamal has been criticised for his role in burning down opposition candidate house and business just before election . Also his threat to opposition leader to get out of his constituency of face severe consequences went viral.

Cricket administration

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.

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

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.

Personal life

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.