Shamsul Huda Chaudhury

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

Shamsul Huda Chaudhury
শামসুল হুদা চেীধুরী
5th Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
In office 10 July 1986 – 5 April 1991
Deputy	Md Korban Ali Md. Reazuddin Ahmed
Preceded by	Mirza Ghulam Hafiz
Succeeded by	Abdur Rahman Biswas
Minister of Education
In office 4 August 1985 – 16 February 1986
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Mohammed Abdul Matin
In office 1 June 1984 – 15 January 1985
Preceded by	A. Majeed Khan
Succeeded by	Himself
Minister of Religious Affairs
In office 25 May 1986 – 9 July 1986
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Abdul Mannan
In office 16 February 1986 – 23 March 1986
Preceded by	A. K. M. Nurul Islam
Succeeded by	Himself
Minister of Communications
In office 12 February 1982 – 24 March 1982
Preceded by	Abdul Alim
Succeeded by	Mahbub Ali Khan
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office 5 March 1982 – 24 March 1982
Preceded by	Tafazzal Hossain Khan
Succeeded by	A R Shamsud Doha (as Advisor)
In office 25 April 1980 – 27 November 1981
Preceded by	Habib Ullah Khan
Succeeded by	Tafazzal Hossain Khan
In office 12 October 1977 – 4 July 1978
Preceded by	Akbar Kabir
Succeeded by	Habib Ullah Khan
Member of Parliament
In office 3 March 1988 – 6 December 1990
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Keramat Ali Talukdar
Constituency	Mymensingh-5
In office 7 May 1986 – 3 March 1988
Preceded by	Khurram Khan Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Himself
Constituency	Mymensingh-5
In office 18 February 1979 – 24 March 1982
Preceded by	Md. Abdul Halim
Succeeded by	Hashim Uddin Ahmed
Constituency	Mymensingh-8
Personal details
Born	(1920-05-01)1 May 1920 Birbhum, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	15 February 2000(2000-02-15) (aged 79) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Spouse	Leila Arjumand Banu
Alma mater	Presidency College, Kolkata Aligarh Muslim University

Early life

Chaudhury was born on 1 May 1920 in Sufi, Birbhum, West Bengal, British India. In 1941, he graduated with a B.A. from the Presidency College, Kolkata. He also got M.A. and LL.B. Degree from the Aligarh Muslim University. 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.^[1]

Career

Chaudhury was the regional director of All India Radio 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 Pakistan International Airlines and the Chief of Public Relations of East Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation.^{[citation needed]}

In 1970, Chaudhury was the Secretary-General, East Pakistan of the Convention Muslim League (CML).^[2] He stood as a CML candidate in the 1970 Pakistani general election,^[3] and was elected Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for constituency Mymensingh-XI.^[4]

He served as the Chairman of Bangladesh Broadcasting Inquiry Commission in 1976. He was appointed Advisor to the Information Ministry in 1977.^[1] Chaudhury was elected as the Member of the Parliament in 1979. He served as the Minister of Information, Minister of Youth and Sports, 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 Jatiya Sangsad. He served a second term as Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad for the second time from 1986 to April 1991.^[1][5]

Personal life

He was married to Leila Arjumand Banu (1929–1995), a music artiste and social worker.^[1]

Death

Chaudhury died on 15 February 2000 and is buried in Dhaka beside his wife, Leila Arjumand Banu.^[1]