Kayser Kamal (born 31 December 1972) is a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer who currently serves as the 14th Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad. A member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he has represented the Netrokona-1 constituency as a member of parliament (MP) since 2026. He previously served as the State Minister of the Ministry of Land in the Tarique ministry before resigning from that post upon taking office as Deputy Speaker.[1][2][3]
Kayser kamal was born in Chatrangpur village in Kalmakanda Upazila of Netrokona District, Bangladesh, into an agrarian family. His father Mostafa Kamal Mansur served as a Chairman of Kalmakanda Union Parishad.[4]
Kamal received his primary education from Charangpur Government Primary School. He completed his secondary education at Mymensingh Zilla School for his secondary education in 1987 and his higher secondary studies at Ananda Mohan College in 1989. He subsequently studied History at the University of Dhaka, where he earned BA and MA degrees.[5] In 1998, Kamal moved to the United Kingdom to pursue legal studies. He earned an LLB from the University of Wolverhampton and completed the Bar Vocational Course at the University of Law. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 2005.[6]
Political career
Kamal being sworn in as Deputy Speaker
Kayser Kamal began his political career as a student activist in 1988 with the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal (JCD). He later became a Central Executive Member of JCD in 1996.[4]
In the 2018 Bangladeshi general election, he again nominated by BNP and contested the parliamentary election, receiving 16,332 votes and losing to Manu Majumdar of Awami League.[9] In 2021, he became a member of Foreign Affairs Committee of BNP. Kamal elected as the Secretary General of the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ainjibi Forum in 2022, an association of lawyers allied with BNP.[10][11]
In the 2026 Bangladeshi general election, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Netrokona-1, Golam Rabbani of Khelafat Majlis with 158,343 votes to 87,488. He was subsequently appointed State Minister of the Ministry of Land in the Tarique ministry.[12][13]
On 12 March 2026, he was elected Deputy Speaker of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad.[14] Following his election, Kaysar Kamal, then the legal affairs secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party National Executive Committee, submitted his resignation to the party chairman, stepping down from all party and ministerial positions to maintain neutrality in his role as Deputy Speaker.[15]
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