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{{Short description|Indian former IPS officer and politician from West Bengal (b.1961)}}
{{other uses|Humayun Kabir (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Humayun Kabir
| office = Minister of State, [[Government of West Bengal]]
| status = ''[[Minister of State#Minor government ranks|Independent Charge]]''
| term_start = 10 May 2021
| term_end = 3 August 2022
| governor = [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| 2blankname = Department
| 2namedata = Technical Education, Training and Skill Development
| predecessor = [[Purnendu Basu]]
| successor = Indranil Sen
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|04|03|df=yes}}
| party = [[Trinamool Congress]]
| parents = Sk. Ashed Ali (father)
| education = [[Master of Science|M.Sc]]; [[Ph.D]] (Botany)
| alma_mater = [[Kalyani University]] (1991)
| module = {{Infobox police officer
| embed = yes
| service_years = 2003 - 2021
| status = ''Resigned''
| rank = [[File:Insignia_of_Inspector_General_of_Police_in_India-_2013-10-02_16-14.png|20px]] [[Inspector General of Police|Inspector General]]
| badge_number = 20032056<ref>{{Cite web |title=IPS Civil List 2020 {{!}} PDF |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/513640387/IPS-Civil-List-2020 |access-date=19 December 2023 |website=Scribd |page=452 |language=en}}</ref>
| department = [[West Bengal Police]]
| service = [[Indian Police Service]]
| service_label = Service
}}
| office2 = Member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 6 May 2021
| term_end2 = 4 May 2026
| predecessor2 = Radhakanta Maiti
| successor2 = Subhashis Om
| constituency2 = [[Debra Assembly constituency|Debra]]
| birth_place = [[Debra, Paschim Medinipur|Debra]], [[West Bengal]], India
| occupation = Politician, social worker
}}

'''Humayun Kabir''' (born 3 April 1961) is an [[Indian politician]] and former [[police officer]] from West Bengal, who is serving as member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Debra Assembly constituency|Debra constituency]] since 2021, member of [[Trinamool Congress]], he has also served as cabinet minister of state under [[Third Banerjee ministry]], from 2021 to 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Shiv Sahay |date=29 July 2023 |title=Trinamool Congress MLA seeks more funds for Muslim women under West Bengal's Lakshmir Bhandar scheme |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/trinamool-congress-mla-seeks-more-funds-for-muslim-women-under-west-bengals-lakshmir-bhandar-scheme/article67132617.ece |access-date=19 December 2023 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Kabir was born on 3 April 1961 to a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] family of [[Muslim]] [[Sheikh]]s in the village of Debra in [[Midnapore district]], [[West Bengal]]. He was the son of Sheikh Arsed Ali and Zinat-un-Nesa Begum.<ref name=":1" /> He earned his Ph.D. in [[Botany]] from [[University of Kalyani|Kalyani University]] in 1991.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

==Police Service==
Kabir joined IPS through West Bengal State Police Service in 2003. His first posting was in DSP in North 24 Parganas. At that time, Hatkata Dilip, a renowned criminal who is reportedly close to several [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] leaders, was apprehended by Kabir. He was demoted by the then state government as punishment.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=17 October 2014 |title=Behind 'punishment posting', IPS officer Kabir's spat with namesake TMC leader |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/behind-punishment-posting-ips-officer-kabirs-spat-with-namesake-tmc-leader/ |access-date=19 December 2023 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

During 2014 elections, he was sent to Murshidabad as Police Superintendent. He was alleged to have connections of supporting [[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury]], the then Member of Lok Sabha. So, he was sent to compulsory waiting again.<ref name=":0" />

In 2019, he was transferred to Chandannagor as Commissioner of Police. In 2021, few months before state election, he arrested some BJP workers for raising the incendiary and provocative slogans at a rally. He resigned from his service after that.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ex-IPS Officer Who Ordered Arrest Of BJP Men Over Slogans Joins Trinamool |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/humayun-kabir-ex-ips-officer-who-ordered-arrest-of-bjp-men-over-slogans-joins-trinamool-2366633 |access-date=19 December 2023 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Kabir joined Trinamool Congress in February 2021 at a party rally in Kalna in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=10 February 2021 |title=Ex-IPS officer Humayun Kabir joins Trinamool |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/ex-ips-officer-kabir-joins-trinamool/articleshow/80776816.cms |access-date=19 December 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He received ticket of contesting from his native town Debra. He won the seat on 2 May 2021. He was appointed cabinet minister of state (independent charge) on 10 May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waje |first=Hemant |title=43 ministers in Mamata's cabinet take oath |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/43-ministers-in-mamatas-cabinet-take-oath/20210510.htm |access-date=19 December 2023 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref> He was removed from the cabinet in the next year on 3 August.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decoding Mamata's cabinet reshuffle: Post Partha's arrest, an intergenerational power adjustment |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/news-analysis/story/decoding-mamata-banerjee-bengal-cabinet-reshuffle-partha-chatterjee-arrest-tmc-abhishek-banerjee-influence-1983712-2022-08-04 |access-date=19 December 2023 |website=India Today |date=4 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Indian police officers]]
[[Category:Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Paschim Medinipur district]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of West Bengal]]

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