{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | office = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | term_start = 03 August 2023 | constituency = List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal | education = M.Sc (Chemistry) | party = All India Trinamool Congress | occupation = Politician, teacher | alma_mater = IIT Delhi (2011) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|04|03|df=yes}} | birth_place = Dunigram, Rampurhat, Birbhum District, West Bengal, India | office1 = Chairman <br> West Bengal Migrant Welfare Board | term_start1 = 01 August 2023 | preceding1 = ''Position Established'' | image = Samirul Islam.jpg }}
'''Samirul Islam''' (born 3 April 1987) is an Indian politician and former teacher who is serving as Member of Rajya Sabha from West Bengal since 2023, representing Trinamool Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chief minister Mamata Banerjee sends Samirul Islam to Haryana's Nuh district's 'sleepless' |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/chief-minister-mamata-banerjee-sends-samirul-islam-to-haryanas-nuh-districts-sleepless/cid/1960188 |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Shiv Sahay |date=2023-08-01 |title=RS MP Samirul Islam is chairman of West Bengal migrant welfare board |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/rs-mp-samirul-islam-is-chairman-of-west-bengal-migrant-welfare-board/article67147058.ece |access-date=2024-03-05 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
==Early life and education== He was born on 3 April 1987 at Dunigram, in Birbhum, West Bengal. He has earned M.Sc in Chemistry from IIT Delhi in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samirul Islam(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):(WEST BENGAL) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/rajsab09aff/candidate.php?candidate_id=1017 |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=myneta.info}}</ref>
==Career== He worked as assistant professor in Andrews College, Kolkata.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-10 |title=Popular social worker Samirul Islam is TMC face for Rajya Sabha |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/young-educated-muslim-social-worker-is-new-tmc-face-for-rajya-sabha-8824387/ |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
Ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections in West Bengal, he 'bridged' the 'No Vote to BJP' slogan with other prominent leftist-intellectuals in Kolkata.<ref>{{Cite web |last=চক্রবর্তী |first=শোভন |title='নো ভোট টু বিজেপি'র নেতৃত্বে ছিলেন, বীরভূমের কৃষক-সন্তান সামিরুলকে রাজ্যসভায় পাঠাচ্ছে তৃণমূল |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/who-is-samirul-islam-whom-tmc-nominated-to-the-rajya-sabha-dgtl/cid/1443854 |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=www.anandabazar.com |language=bn}}</ref>
He was appointed member of Rajya Sabha in July 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-10 |title=Popular social worker Samirul Islam is TMC face for Rajya Sabha |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/young-educated-muslim-social-worker-is-new-tmc-face-for-rajya-sabha-8824387/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Islam has been appointed chairman of West Bengal migrant welfare board since August 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Shiv Sahay |date=2023-08-01 |title=RS MP Samirul Islam is chairman of West Bengal migrant welfare board |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/rs-mp-samirul-islam-is-chairman-of-west-bengal-migrant-welfare-board/article67147058.ece |access-date=2024-03-04 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
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