(5 April 1949 – 25 January 2017) was a
Bangladeshi
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Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...
politician. He was elected as a
member of parliament from the
Chandpur-2 (
Matlab North and South) constituency in the 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 8th general elections. He was a former vice-chairman of the central executive committee of the
Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a member of BNP chairperson
Khaleda Zia's advisory council. In 1991, he served as the
minister of state for Information and Establishment (now Public Administration) in
Khaleda Zia's first cabinet.
Career
Md. Nurul Huda became involved in student politics while still in school. He was one of the main leaders of the Chhatra League at
Comilla Victoria Government College in the mid-1960s. He earned an M.A. in economics from
Dhaka University
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. In 1969, he was the convener of the Greater Comilla District Sarbadaliya Chatra Sangram Parisad (all-party student struggle council). During the War of Independence in 1971, he was appointed as deputy commander of the Greater Comilla District Bangladesh Liberation Force (BLF). In 1973, he joined as the first BCS cadre (admin) of independent Bangladesh. He left the government service and participated in the 2nd general election of Bangladesh held on 1 February 1979 and became a member of parliament as an independent candidate from the then Comilla-20 constituency at the age of 28. On 4 April of the same year (1979), he joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
He was elected as a member of parliament from the Chandpur-2 constituency in 1991, 1996 and 2001, as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate. For the first six months of 1991, he served as the minister of state for information and for the next two years, as the minister of state for establishment.
Death
Huda died on 25 January 2017 in
New York City,
United States.
He left behind his wife, Khushi Akhter, and his two sons, Tanvir Huda and Sanvir Huda.
References
Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians
2017 deaths
5th Jatiya Sangsad members
8th Jatiya Sangsad members
People from Matlab Uttar Upazila
Politicians from Chittagong Division
1949 births
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