Mirza Nurul Huda
{{Short description|Vice President of Bangladesh from 1981 to 1982, Governor of East Pakistan in 1969}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Mirza Nurul Huda
|native_name = মির্জা নূরুল হুদা
|native_name_lang = bn
|image = Mirza Nurul Huda Brussels 1976.jpg
|caption= Huda at the European Union in Brussels (1976)
|office = 4th Vice President of Bangladesh
|president = Abdus Sattar
|term_start = 24 November 1981
|term_end = 23 March 1982
|predecessor = Abdus Sattar
|successor = Mohammad Mohammadullah
|office2 = 8th Governor of East Pakistan
|term_start2 = 23 March 1969
|term_end2 = 24 March 1969
|predecessor2 = Abdul Monem Khan
|successor2 = Muzaffaruddin
| office1 = Minister of Finance of East Pakistan
| predecessor1 = Md. Hafizur Rahman
| successor1 =
| term_start1 = 29 March 1965{{cite book |author1=Central Intelligence Agency |title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts |date=1965 |location=United States |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCsDqaDRGJoC |access-date=4 September 2023 |language=English}}
| term_end1 = 1969
|birth_date = {{birth date|1919|08|01|df=y}}
|birth_place = Jangalia, Bengal, British India
|death_date = {{death date and age|1991|12|22|1919|08|01|df=y}}
|death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
|alma_mater = University of Dhaka
Cornell University
|relatives = Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan (father-in-law)
Wahiduddin Mahmud (son-in-law)
|spouse = Kulsum Huda
|children = Simeen Mahmud
Mirza Najmul Huda
Zareen Ahmed
}}
Mirza Nurul Huda (1 August 1919 – 22 December 1991) was an economist and academic who served as the 3rd Vice President of Bangladesh.{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh|chapter=Huda, Mirza Nurul|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Huda,_Mirza_Nurul |editor2-last=Salam |editor2-first=Muhammad}} He served as the governor of East Pakistan and the finance minister of Bangladesh.
Early life
Huda was born in Jangalia village, Tangail, British India (now Delduar Upazila, Bangladesh) on 1 August 1919. He studied at the Bindubashini High School in Tangail.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2008/08/01/remembrance.htm|title=Dr M. N. Huda As I knew him|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=1 August 2008|first=Azizul|last=Jalil|access-date=2017-11-11}} He completed his bachelor's and master's from the University of Dhaka and graduated in 1940 and 1941 respectively. In 1949, he completed his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Cornell University. The same year he joined the economics faculty at the University of Dhaka. In late 1952, the Radio Pakistan, Dhaka had arranged debates with Huda as the moderator. He went to London for a year as a Nuffield Fellow in 1955.
Career
From 1962 to 1965, he was the member of the planning commission of Pakistan. He protested against the economic discrimination of East Pakistan.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}} He was the Ministry of Planning and Finance of East Pakistan from 1965 to 1969. On 23 March 1969, he replaced Abdul Monem Khan as the governor of East Pakistan but he had to resign from the position a day after upon the declaration of martial law in Pakistan by Yahya Khan. He went back to his teaching profession and in 1969, he was made the chairman of the economics department of the University of Dhaka.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}}
Huda was appointed a member of the council of advisers of government of Bangladesh on 26 November 1975 and held the charge of the ministries of agriculture, commerce, finance, industries and planning. In 1979, President Ziaur Rahman appointed him the minister of finance of Bangladesh. He was made vice president by Justice Abdus Sattar on 24 November 1981 and served until 23 March 1982.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Szfqq7ruqWgC|title=Bangladesh: Past and Present|last=Ahmed|first=Salahuddin|date=2004-01-01|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=9788176484695|page=221|language=en}}
Works
Huda had about twenty research publications to his credit. He edited the book titled "The Test of Time: My Life and Days" written by Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan.{{Cite web|url=http://bangabhaban.gov.bd/Homes/banglahistory_submenu/12/51|title=BANGABHABAN - The President House of Bangladesh|website=bangabhaban.gov.bd|language=en|access-date=2017-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414050508/http://bangabhaban.gov.bd/Homes/banglahistory_submenu/12/51|archive-date=2016-04-14|url-status=dead}}
Personal life and death
Huda was married to Kulsum Huda, a daughter of Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan. Kulsum was one of the founders and vice chancellors of Central Women's University. Their daughter Simeen Mahmud (d. 2018) was a demographer at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/researcher-simeen-mahmud-no-more-1550740|title=Researcher Simeen Mahmud no more|date=2018-03-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-08-24|language=en}} Simeen was married to the economist Wahiduddin Mahmud. Their eldest son Mirza Najmul Huda is an economist.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/simeens-works-beacon-light-1569250|title=Simeen's works a beacon of light|date=2018-04-29|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-08-24|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://cwcdhaka.edu.bd/details?id=2|title=Central Women's College|access-date=2018-08-24|language=en}} Another daughter is Zareen Huda Ahmed.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/tribute/remembering-our-sister-simeen-mahmud-1556134|title=Remembering our sister Simeen Mahmud|date=2018-04-01|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-08-24|language=en}}
Huda died on 22 December 1991 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Category:Governors of East Pakistan
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Category:Pakistani expatriates in the United States
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