A. K. Faezul Huq

A. K. Faezul Huq
এ কে ফায়জুল হক
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Bakerganj-XV
In office
18 February 1979 – 24 March 1982
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byKhitish Chandra Mondal
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Barisal Cum Pirojpur
In office
12 June 1996 – 1 October 2001
Preceded bySyed Shahidul Huque Jamal
Succeeded bySyed Shahidul Huque Jamal
Personal details
Bornc. 1944
Calcutta, Bengal Province, British India
Died19 July 2007(2007-07-19) (aged 62–63)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting placeBanani, Dhaka
PartyAwami League
Other political
affiliations
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (1979-1982)
SpouseRukhsana Faez Huq
RelationsRazia Banu (niece)
Children3 daughters and 2 sons
Parent
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • columnist
  • politician

Abul Kalam Faezul Huq (c. 1944 – 19 July 2007)[Note 1] was a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer, and columnist. He was first elected as a member of the Pakistan National Assembly from the Nazirpur-Banaripara-Sharupkati constituency for the Awami League in 1970. He served two terms in the Bangladesh Parliament, where he was state minister for jute and textiles.

Biography

Early life and education

Born in Calcutta c. 1944,[1] Faezul Huq was the only son of A. K. Fazlul Huq,[2] then prime minister of the undivided Bengal. Faezul attended St. Gregory's High School[3] and Dhaka Notre Dame College. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in English from the University of Dhaka.[1] He completed his law degree at Central Law College in 1970.[4]

Career

In 1969, Faezul Huq joined Notre Dame College, Dhaka, as a lecturer in political science.[4]

Faezul Huq sought election to the Pakistan National Assembly as an Awami League candidate in the 1970 Pakistani general election. He was duly elected for Bakerganj-VIII (Nazirpur, Banaripara, and Sharupkati thanas).[1][5] The assembly was not convened, however. The Bangladesh Liberation War broke out in March 1971. President Yahya Khan banned the Awami League, but in August announced that 88 members of the assembly from the defunct party, including Faezul Huq, would be allowed to retain their seats in their individual capacities.[6] Bangladesh won its independence in December without the assembly being convened.

In 1979, he joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).[4] In the 1979 Bangladeshi general election, he stood, successfully, for the Backerganj-XV constituency.[7] President Abdus Sattar added him to his cabinet as a state minister during a reshuffle on 13 February 1982.[8] Sattar's government fell the next month in the 1982 Bangladeshi coup d'état.

Faezul Huq returned to the Awami League, and to parliament in the June 1996 general election for Barisal Cum Pirojpur.[9] (The new name for the constituency comprising Nazirpur=Banaripara-Sharupkati with which he had always been associated.)[1] He was state minister for jute from 29 June to 15 July 2001 and state minister for textiles from 16 July 1996 to 31 December 1997.[10] He stood for re-election in the 2001 Bangladeshi general election, losing to the BNP candidate.[9]

Shortly after the 2001 election, the new government opened corruption cases against a number of individuals who had served in the outgoing government, including Faezul Huq.[11]

Faezul Huq also worked as a columnist.[2] He was associated in an executive capacity with a number of social and sports organizations, including the Lions Club of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Shooting Federation, and Brothers Union Club.[4]

Huq with his wife, Rukhsana Huq (left) and his daughter-in-law (right).

Marriage and children

He married Rukhsana Faez Huq,[12] and had three daughters and two sons.[2]

Death

He died on 19 July 2007 in Baridhara, Dhaka. He was buried at Banani graveyard.[1][2]

The Gregorian Association created a scholarship in his memory at St. Gregory's High School.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Sources also transliterate his name in numerous other ways, including: Abul Qasem Faizul Huq (Banglapedia), A. K. Faizul Huq, A. K. Faiz-ul Huq, A. K. Faizul Haq, A. K. Foyzul Haque (votemonitor), and AK Fayzul Haque (bdnews24.com). There is also ambiguity about his date of birth. The obituaries in The Daily Star and New Age say 1943, whereas Banglapedia says 15 March 1944.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Harun ur Rashid (26 July 2007). "A.K. Faezul Huq: We mourn his loss". The Daily Star. Vol. 5, no. 1121. Archived from the original on 23 November 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Faezul Haq dies". New Age. Dhaka. 20 July 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
  3. 1 2 Khaleel, Aslam (2 December 2007). "St Gregorys: A Portrait of Glory and Tradition". Star Campus. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Huq, Abul Qasem Faizul". Banglapedia.
  5. ↑ "East Pakistan Results". The Pakistan Observer. 9 December 1970. p. 9.
  6. ↑ "88 MNAs of Defunct A. L. Retain Their Seats". The Pakistan Observer. 8 August 1971. pp. 1, 8.
  7. ↑ "List of members of the Parliament of Bangladesh". Statistical Pocket Book of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics: 18. 1979. OCLC 06508001.
  8. ↑ "New Dacca Cabinet Sworn In". South China Morning Post. 13 February 1982. p. 4.
  9. 1 2 "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008.
  10. ↑ ১৯৭১ সাল থেকে ০৭-০১-২০১৯ গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি, উপ-রাষ্ট্রপতি, প্রধানমন্ত্রী ও মন্ত্রিপরিষদের সদস্যবৃন্দ এবং নির্দলীয় তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকারের প্রধান উপদেষ্টা ও উপদেষ্টা পরিষদের সদস্যবৃন্দের দপ্তর বন্টনসহ নামের তালিকা। (PDF). Cabinet Division. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Hasina sued for graft". Gulf News. 12 December 2001. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024. Anti-corruption officials said nine other corruption cases were filed yesterday in different police stations in Dhaka implicating ..., State Minister for Jute, A.K. Faezul Huq, and some bureaucrats.
  12. ↑ "Birth anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla today". The Daily Star. 25 October 2011.
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