K. M. Aminul Islam

K.M. Aminul Islam Khan (Bengali: কে.এম. আমিনুল ইসলাম খান) was a former one time Jatiya Party (Ershad) member of parliament for Munshiganj-3. He was the paternal uncle of Wing Commander M. Hamidullah Khan TJ, SH(Sitara Herb) BP(Bir Protik), (BAF, Retd.), who was the BDF Commander, Sector 11, 1971 War of Independence and a public official.

K.M. Aminul Islam Khan
Minister of Housing and Public Works
In office 9 July 1986 – 30 November 1986
Preceded by	Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Shafiqul Ghani Swapan
Minister of Religious Affairs
In office 9 November 1985 – 16 February 1986
Preceded by	Khandaker Abu Bakr
Succeeded by	A. K. M. Nurul Islam
Minister of Water Resources
In office 11 July 1984 – 16 January 1985
Preceded by	M. H. Khan
Succeeded by	Sultan Ahmed
Member of Parliament
In office 7 May 1986 – 3 March 1988
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Mohammad Jamal Hossain
Constituency	Munshiganj-3
Personal details
Political party	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh  Pakistan (Before 1972)
Branch/service	Bangladesh Air Force  Pakistan Air Force
Years of service	1951-1977
Rank	Air Vice-Marshal
Unit	No.11 Squadron, GD(N)
Commands	Director Directorate of Forces Intelligence[citation needed]
Battles/wars	Flight 472

Career

Aminul Islam Khan was an Air Force officer in the Pakistan Air Force as a Wing Commander. He was jailed in India during the war of independence in 1971 due to espionage at the border area. Khan's course mate AVM A. K. Khandker Chief of Air staff of BAF after independence secured his coursemate's release from the captive of Indian authorities and enrolled him to Ministry of Home Affairs on deputation from Banglaresh Air Force. A.K. Khandekar promoted Khan to Air Vice-Marshal skipping two subordinate ranks, and later secured him an appointment as the third director of the Directorate of Forces Intelligence under the Ministry of Home Affairs, which was later christened as Directorate General of Forces Intelligence headed by a director general umder the executive presidency. Aminul Islam Khan was relieved of duty and dismissed from service after the 1977 hijack of Japan Airlines Flight 472 and the uprising to topple the government that ensued which was unsuccessful. Khan was favoured again by his coursemate A. K. Khandekar to be inducted to H. M. Ershads cabinet for a short stint.^[1][2]

Islam entered politics during the martial law of military dictatorship of H. M. Ershad, as a government minister for a short stint of one and a half years.^{[citation needed]} Khan was elected to parliament from Munshiganj-3 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986.^[3] He soon migrated to America with his family through the US Diversity Visa Program.^{[citation needed]}