Syed Shafayetul Islam (Bengali: সৈয়দ শাফায়েতুল ইসলাম) is a retired major general of the Bangladesh Army and a politician.

[1] He served as Military Secretary to Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina,[2] from 1996 to March 2000.

His father, Syed Nazrul Islam, was the acting president of the Mujibnagar Provisional Government of Bangladesh.

[1] His brother, Syed Ashraful Islam, was a Bangladeshi politician and minister who was the sixth General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League.

[3][4] His sister, Syeda Zakia Noor Lipi, is the MP of Kishoreganj-1.