Shamsul Huda Chaudhury (1 May 1920 – 15 February 2000) was a Bangladeshi politician, mass-media administrator, minister and two time Speaker of the

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Early life

Chaudhury was born on 1 May 1920 in Sufi,

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. In 1941, he graduated with a B.A. from the

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. He also got M.A. and LL.B. Degree from the

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. From 1943 to 1944, he was the Vice President of Aligarh University Students Union. He was the President of All Bengal Muslim Students League. He was a successful debater in his student life and awards for his debate performances. In 1943, he was awarded with the Sir Morris Goar Trophy in the All India Debate competition.

Career

Chaudhury was the regional director of

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and after the Partition of India in 1948, he joined the Pakistan Radio. He was also the Deputy Director of tourism department. He was the founder Director of

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and the Chief of Public Relations of East Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation. In 1970, Chaudhury was the Secretary-General, East Pakistan of the

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(CML). He stood as a CML candidate in the

1970 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 7 December 1970 to elect members of the National Assembly. They were the first direct general elections since the independence of Pakistan and ultimately the only ones held prior to the independence o ...

, and was elected Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for constituency Mymensingh-XI. He served as the Chairman of Bangladesh Broadcasting Inquiry Commission in 1976. He was appointed Advisor to the Information Ministry in 1977. Chaudhury was elected as the Member of the Parliament in 1979. He served as the Minister of Information,

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, Minister of Cultural Affairs, Minister of Religious Affairs, Minister of Railways, and Minister of Planning. He was elected the Member of the Parliament for the second time in 1986 and became the Speaker of

. He served a second term as Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad for the second time from 1986 to April 1991.

Personal life

He was married to Leila Arjumand Banu (1929–1995), a music artiste and social worker.

Death

Chaudhury died on 15 February 2000 and is buried in Dhaka beside his wife, Leila Arjumand Banu.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaudhury, Shamsul Huda 1920 births 2000 deaths Speakers of the Jatiya Sangsad Ministers of information of Bangladesh Ministers of cultural affairs of Bangladesh Ministers of youth and sports of Bangladesh Ministers of planning of Bangladesh Ministers of railways of Bangladesh Ministers of religious affairs of Bangladesh 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members 4th Jatiya Sangsad members Ministers of road transport and bridges of Bangladesh Bangladeshi people of Indian descent People from Birbhum district