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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kamal Ahmed Majumder
| native_name = কামাল আহমেদ মজুমদার
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Kamal Ahmed Majumder 2022.jpg
| caption = Majumder in 2022
| office = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency = [[Dhaka-15]]
| parliament = Bangladesh
| predecessor = ''Position established''
| successor = [[Shafiqur Rahman]]
| term_start = 25 January 2009
| term_end = 6 August 2024

| office1 = [[Ministry of Industries (Bangladesh)|Minister of State for Industries]]
| term_start1 = 7 January 2019
| term_end1 = 10 January 2024
| predecessor1 = [[Omor Faruk Chowdhury]]

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|3|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Feni District|Feni]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| occupation = Politician
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
}}

'''Kamal Ahmed Majumder''' (born 3 March 1950) is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and a former [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Dhaka-15]] since its inception in 2009 until 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/bn/mps-bangla/members-of-parliament-bangla/current-mps-bangla/2014-03-23-11-45-04?layout=edit&id=2092|title=Constituency 188_10th_En|last=Majumder|first=Kamal Ahmed|website=Bangladesh Parliament|language=bn-bd|access-date=7 September 2018}}</ref> He served as a [[Ministry of Industries (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Industries]] during 2019–2024 at the [[fourth Hasina ministry]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-01-06 |title=Those who are new state ministers |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/those-who-are-new-state-ministers-in-bangladesh-1683751 |access-date=2024-10-21 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Majumder graduated with a B.A. degree.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kamal Ahmed Majumder Biography|url=https://amarmp.com/mp/608/biography|website=Amarmp|accessdate=11 February 2018}}</ref>

==Career==
Majumder contested the controversial by-election in Mirpur on 3 February 1993. He lost the election to Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Sayed Muhammad Mohsin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chowdhury |first1=Mahfuzul H. |year=2017 |orig-year=First published 2003 |title=Democratization in South Asia: Lessons from American Institutions |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jFM8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT128 |publisher=Routledge |language=en |isbn=978-1-351-77391-1}}</ref> He was arrested in August 2002 by [[Bangladesh Police]] during the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] government. [[Amnesty International]] feared that he would be tortured in custody.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bangladesh: Fear of torture, Kamal Ahmed Majumder|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa13/010/2002/en/|publisher=Amnesty International|date=22 August 2002|accessdate=26 July 2024|language=en}}</ref>

Majumder was elected to Parliament in the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election]], beating Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate [[Muhammad Hamidullah Khan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bangladesh Parliament Election|url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=181&Year=2008|website=amardesh.com|publisher=Amar Desh Online|accessdate=11 February 2018|archive-date=9 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509065117/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=181&Year=2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 22 October 2013 his car was attacked with Molotov cocktails outside Mohona TV.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cocktail hurled at MP Kamal Majumder's car|url=http://www.clickittefaq.com/cocktail-hurled-at-mp-kamal-majumders-car/|accessdate=11 February 2018|work=Ittefaq|archive-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083353/http://www.clickittefaq.com/cocktail-hurled-at-mp-kamal-majumders-car/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was elected to Parliament in the General Election 2014 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League from [[Dhaka-15]]. He beat his nearest rival Ekhlas Uddin Molla, an independent candidate by 26,786 votes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bangladesh Election Result 2014|url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates?constituency_id=188|accessdate=11 February 2018|work=election.dhakatribune.com|publisher=Dhaka Tribune|archive-date=11 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211131347/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates?constituency_id=188|url-status=dead}}</ref> Majumder is the chairman of [[Mohona TV]], a private television channel.<ref name="tvmd">{{cite news|title=Mohona TVMD dies|url=http://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/229819/Mohona-TVMD-dies|accessdate=11 February 2018|work=Daily Sun|language=en}}</ref> He is a member of the Parliamentary standing committee on Housing and Public Works Ministry.<ref>{{cite news|title=Amendments suggested to Cox's Bazar Development Authority Bill 2015|url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=549261&date=2016-01-26|accessdate=11 February 2018|work=bssnews.net|publisher=BSS|language=en|archive-date=2018-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212090311/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=549261&date=2016-01-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 19 October 2024, a Dhaka court placed him on a three-day remand in connection with the killing of student Ikramul Haque. Ikramul had sustained bullet injuries on 4 August during the student-led [[Non-cooperation movement (2024)|mass uprising]] and later died at the [[Combined Military Hospital (Dhaka)|Combined Military Hospital]] on 14 August. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Judge Ali Haider passed the remand order after the investigation officer requested a seven-day remand. Kamal was arrested by police from [[Gulshan Thana|Gulshan]] in the early hours of 18 October. Ikramul's father, Ziaul Haque, had filed a murder case on 7 September with Shah Ali police station.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-19 |title=Ex-MP Kamal Ahmed placed on 3-day remand |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/ex-mp-kamal-ahmed-placed-3-day-remand-970241 |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Majumder is married to Shahida Majumdar. She is the daughter of Syed Yasin.Shahida was sued by [[Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh)|Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission]] for possession of illegal wealth.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kamal Majumder's wife surrenders to court|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2008/04/08/kamal-majumder-s-wife-surrenders-to-court|accessdate=11 February 2018|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> His son, Ziauddin Ahmed Majumder Jewel, was the managing director of [[Mohona Television|Mohona TV]].<ref name="tvmd" /> Jewel was sentenced to 40 years in jail in 2002 for the murder of Shipu, a cell phone trader in [[Banani (neighbourhood)|Banani]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Asian News Digest: A Weekly Record on Governance, Economy, Development, Human Rights, and Environment|date=2002|publisher=Asian News Chroniclers|page=2402|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=daAUAQAAIAAJ&q=Kamal+Ahmed+Majumder|accessdate=11 February 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kamal Majumder's son, four others get 40 years|url=https://article.wn.com/view/2002/11/01/Kamal_Majumders_son_four_others_get_40_years/|accessdate=11 February 2018|work=article.wn.com|language=en}}</ref> Jewel died on 29 May 2017.<ref name="tvmd" />

==Controversy==
On 4 January 2012, Majumder ,the president of the Monipur High School and College managing committee at that time, assaulted [[RTV (Bangladesh)|RTV]] journalist, Aparna Singha, and cameraman, Syed Haider in Mirpur.<ref>{{cite news|title=MP Kamal Majumder assaults TV reporter|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-216910|accessdate=11 February 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=4 January 2012|language=en}}</ref>

He was fined in 2013 by [[Bangladesh Election Commission]] for violating the electoral code of conduct while campaigning for the 2014 Bangladesh general elections.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kamal Ahmed Majumder fined|url=http://www.banglanews24.com/index.php/politics/article/12830/Kamal-Ahmed-Majumder-fined|accessdate=11 February 2018|work=banglanews24.com|language=en}}</ref>

In 2014, he established an extrajudicial court called Social Justice Committee in his office in Mirpur. Mirpur police officers described the court as illegal.<ref>{{cite news|title='Court' in parliament member's office|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/52110/Court-in-parliamentarian-s-office|accessdate=11 February 2018|work=Prothom Alo|language=en}}</ref>

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Charnkamal at 18:33, 13 February 2026