KM Nurul Huda

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KM Nurul Huda
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Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
Assumed office
February 15, 2017
PresidentAbdul Hamid
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byKazi Rakibuddin Ahmad
Personal details
Born1948 (1948) (age 74)
Bauphal Upazila, Patuakhali
NationalityBangladeshi
RelationsSM Shahjada (Nephew)
Alma mater
ProfessionCivil servant

KM Nurul Huda is a retired secretary of Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, present incumbent Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh and was a freedom fighter during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He is a former chief executive officer of Dhaka City Corporation. He also served as Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Additional Secretary to the Secretariat of Bangladeshi Parliament.[1][2]

Early life and education[]

Nurul Huda was born in 1948 at Nowmala, Bauphal Upazila in Patuakhali district.

He completed his schooling in Patuakhali. He obtained his graduation and master's in Statistics from Dhaka University.

He also studied Public Administration and Advanced Studies at the University of Manchester, and pursued further studies in the then Soviet Union.[3]

Career[]

Nurul Huda took part in Bangladesh Liberation War from sector-9.

He is a Bangladesh Civil Service cadre of 1973's Freedom Fighter batch.[4] He served as the Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate of Cumilla and Faridpur districts. In 2006 he was forced to retire from the public service during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-Jamaat-led alliance government from 2001 to 2006 even before he became the secretary but a Supreme Court ruling gave him the status of secretary.[5]

He worked as the director, administration and human resources, for Gemcon Ltd. He also Served as the chairman of North West Zone Power Distribution Company Ltd, and the managing director of Bangladesh Municipal Development Fund.

President Abdul Hamid has appointed K M Nurul Huda as the Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh on February 6, 2017. He took oath as the new CEC on February 15, 2017.[6]

While serving as the Chief Election Commissioner, Huda's nephew, SM Shahjada, was elected to parliament from Patuakhali-3 as an Awami League candidate in 2018 general elections.[7][8] The Bangladesh Nationalist Party called for his resignation due to the conflict of interest.[8]

In January 2022, Huda called his fellow Election Commissioner, Mahbub Talukdar, a "liar" after Talukdar criticized violence during elections.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "KM Nurul Huda named Bangladesh's new chief election commissioner". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  2. ^ "President picks ex-bureaucrat KM Nurul Huda as next CEC". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  3. ^ "Ex-secy Nurul Huda new CEC". The Daily Star. 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  4. ^ "CEC Huda: We will never compromise free and fair elections". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  5. ^ "President appoints ex-secy Nurul Huda next CEC". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  6. ^ "Key challenge is to hold fair polls: CEC". The Daily Star. 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  7. ^ "S.M. Shahjada - এস এম শাহজাদা History". Amarmp. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  8. ^ a b Correspondent, Staff. "BNP demands removal of CEC Huda as nephew made AL nominee". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  9. ^ Report, Star Digital (2022-01-06). "Mahbub Talukder lies with an agenda: CEC Nurul Huda". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
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