Religion Islam | ||
Born 1 August 1919Jangalia, Delduar, Tangail, Bengal Presidency, British India(now in Bangladesh) ( 1919-08-01 ) Alma mater University of DhakaCornell University Education | ||
Mirza Nurul Huda (Bengali: মির্জা নূরুল হুদা) was the 3rd Vice President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
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Early life
Mirza Nurul Huda was born in Jangalia village, Delduar upazila, Tangail, British India in 1 August 1919. He did his bachelors and masters from Dhaka University and graduated in 1941. In 1949 he completed his Phd in Agricultural Economics at Cornell University. The same year he joined the economics faculty at Dhaka University.
Career
From 1962 to 1965 he was the member of the Planning commission of Pakistan. He protested against the economic discrimination of East Pakistan. 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. He was governor for a day which ended upon the declaration of martial law in Pakistan by Yahya Khan. In 1969 he was made the chairman of the Economics department of Dhaka University. On 26 November 1975 he was appointed as the minister of Ministries of Agriculture, Commerce, Finance, Industries and Planning. In 1979 President Ziaur Rahman made him the Minister of Finance of Bangladesh. He was made vice president by Justice Abdus Sattar. He served as the vice president of Bangladesh from 24 November 1981 to 23 March 1982.
Death
Mirza Nurul Huda died on 22 December 1991 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.