Qamar ul Islam (27 January 1948 – 18 September 2017), was an Indian politician who was the Six-term Member of the Karnataka Legislative assembly, one-term Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Kalaburagi and All India Congress Committee secretary (AICC) in-charge of Kerala.

He started his political career with the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in 1978 and was elected to Karnataka Legislative Assembly during the terms 1978–83,[10] 1989–1994,[11] 1994–96,[12] 1999–2004,[13] 2008–2013[14] and 2013–2017.

Dr Qamar ul Islam was passionate about Urdu and he also wrote Shayari sometimes.

[21] Qamar ul Islam died on 18 September 2017 at a hospital in Bengaluru due to cardiogenic shock and multi-organ failure.

[23][24] His funeral procession was attended by Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, Mallikarjun Kharge and others.