{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Shamsul Huda Chaudhury | native_name = শামসুল হুদা চেীধুরী | native_name_lang = bn | office = 5th Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad | deputy = {{ubl|Md Korban Ali|Md. Reazuddin Ahmed}} | term_start = 10 July 1986 | term_end = 5 April 1991 | predecessor = Mirza Ghulam Hafiz | successor = Abdur Rahman Biswas | office1 = Minister of Education | term_start1 = 4 August 1985 | term_end1 = 16 February 1986 | prime_minister1 = Ataur Rahman Khan | predecessor1 = ''Himself'' | successor1 = Mohammed Abdul Matin | term_start2 = 1 June 1984 | term_end2 = 15 January 1985 | prime_minister2 = Ataur Rahman Khan | predecessor2 = A. Majeed Khan | successor2 = ''Himself'' | office3 = Minister of Religious Affairs | term_start3 = 25 May 1986 | term_end3 = 9 July 1986 | prime_minister3 = Ataur Rahman Khan | predecessor3 = ''Himself'' | successor3 = Abdul Mannan | term_start4 = 16 February 1986 | term_end4 = 23 March 1986 | prime_minister4 = Ataur Rahman Khan | predecessor4 = A. K. M. Nurul Islam | successor4 = ''Himself'' | office5 = Minister of Communications | term_start5 = 12 February 1982 | term_end5 = 24 March 1982 | prime_minister5 = Shah Azizur Rahman | predecessor5 = Abdul Alim | successor5 = Mahbub Ali Khan | office6 = Minister of Information and Broadcasting | term_start6 = 5 March 1982 | term_end6 = 24 March 1982 | prime_minister6 = Shah Azizur Rahman | predecessor6 = Tafazzal Hossain Khan | successor6 = A R Shamsud Doha (as Advisor) | term_start7 = 25 April 1980 | term_end7 = 27 November 1981 | prime_minister7 = Shah Azizur Rahman | predecessor7 = Habib Ullah Khan | successor7 = Tafazzal Hossain Khan | term_start8 = 12 October 1977 | term_end8 = 4 July 1978 | predecessor8 = Akbar Kabir | successor8 = Habib Ullah Khan | office9 = Member of Parliament | term_start9 = 3 March 1988 | term_end9 = 6 December 1990 | predecessor9 = ''Himself'' | successor9 = Keramat Ali Talukdar | constituency9 = Mymensingh-5 | term_start10 = 7 May 1986 | term_end10 = 3 March 1988 | predecessor10 = Khurram Khan Chowdhury | successor10 = ''Himself'' | constituency10 = Mymensingh-5 | term_start11 = 18 February 1979 | term_end11 = 24 March 1982 | predecessor11 = Md. Abdul Halim | successor11 = Hashim Uddin Ahmed | constituency11 = Mymensingh-8 | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|05|01|df=y}} | birth_place = Birbhum, Bengal Presidency, British India | alma_mater = Presidency College, Kolkata<br />Aligarh Muslim University | party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party | spouse = Leila Arjumand Banu | death_date = {{death date and age|2000|02|15|1920|05|01|df=y}} | death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh }} '''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.
==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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Chaudhury,_Shamsul_Huda|title=Chaudhury, Shamsul Huda|last=Huda|first=Shahnaz|date=26 November 2014|website=Banglapedia|language=en|access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref>
==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|date=July 2024}}
In 1970, Chaudhury was the Secretary-General, East Pakistan of the Convention Muslim League (CML).<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 1970 |title=In this Issue |magazine=The Pakistan Review |page=3 |quote=Pakistan Muslim League (Convention) ... Mr. Shamsul Huda (Secretary-General, East Pakistan).}}</ref> He stood as a CML candidate in the 1970 Pakistani general election,<ref>{{cite book |last=Chakravarty |first=S. R. |year=1988 |title=Bangladesh, the Nineteen Seventy-nine Elections |location=New Delhi |publisher=South Asian Publishers |page=120 |isbn=81-7003-088-9 |quote=Shamsul Huda Chowdhury BNP Contested as CML candidate in 1970 election.}}</ref> and was elected Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for constituency Mymensingh-XI.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/GE%2007-12-1970.pdf |title=Notification |date=18 December 1970 |website=Election Commission of Pakistan |access-date=7 September 2019 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225095947/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/GE%2007-12-1970.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He served as the Chairman of Bangladesh Broadcasting Inquiry Commission in 1976. He was appointed Advisor to the Information Ministry in 1977.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/Other_Info/Other_Info.htm |url-status=dead |title=Other Info |website=Bangladesh Parliament |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227082542/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/Other_Info/Other_Info.htm |archive-date=2012-12-27 |access-date=2012-12-12}}</ref>
==Personal life== He was married to Leila Arjumand Banu (1929–1995), a music artiste and social worker.<ref name=":0" />
==Death== Chaudhury died on 15 February 2000 and is buried in Dhaka beside his wife, Leila Arjumand Banu.<ref name=":0" />
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