Anisul Huq (politician)

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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician And lawyer}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Anisul Huq
| native_name = আনিসুল হক
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = File:Advocate Anisul Huq.jpg
| office = [[Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs]]
| term_start = 12 January 2014
| term_end =
| primeminister = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| predecessor = [[Shafique Ahmed]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament#Bangladesh|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency1 = [[Brahmanbaria-4]]
| term_start1 = 9 January 2014
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Mohammad Shah Alam]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1956|03|30}}
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[University of Dhaka]]|[[King's College London]]|[[St Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka|Saint Joseph Higher Secondary School]]}}.

| birth_place = Paniarup (Dargabari), [[Kasba Upazila|Kasba]], [[Brahmanbaria]], [[East Pakistan]] [http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3807]
| nationality = [[Bangladesh]]i
| spouse = Nur Amtullah Rina Huq
| parents = [[Serajul Huq (politician)]] {{small|(Father)}}
Jahanara Huq {{small|(Mother)}}
| education = Hons in English Literature, Masters in English Literature, LL.B {{small|(Bachelor of Laws)}} and LL.M {{small|(Masters of Laws)}}
| relatives = Ariful Huq Rony {{small|(Brother)}} [https://www.daily-sun.com/post/468278/Doa-Mahfil-held-for-Ariful-Huq-]
| residence =[[Gulshan Thana|(Gulshan-1)]], [[Dhaka]] [http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3807]
}}
'''Anisul Huq''' (born 30 March 1956) is a [[Bangladesh]]i eminent lawyer, he did the lead rule of Bangabandhu murdur case and also a politician, who is the current [[Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs|Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs]] since 2014.<ref name="profile">{{cite web|url=https://lawjusticediv.gov.bd/site/biography/f5cc93f6-2ad5-499b-a101-50f6625c3aaf|title=Honorable Minister - Anisul Huq, M.P|last=|first=|date=|website=Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh - Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Anisul Huq was the son of [[Serajul Huq (politician)|Advocate Serajul Huq]], lawyer and a former member of parliament. He was educated at [[St Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka|Saint Joseph Higher Secondary School (Dhaka)]], the [[University of Dhaka]] (BA (Hons) English Literature; Masters in English Literature; [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) and [[King's College London]] ([[Master of Laws|LLM]]).<ref name=profile/>

== Career ==

=== Law profession ===
Anisul Huq was enrolled as a lawyer in the Dhaka District Bar in November 1985 and in the [[High Court Division]] of the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh]] in November 1987. In 2001 he was enrolled in the [[Bangladesh Supreme Court, Appellate Division|Appellate Division]] of the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh]] as a lawyer and became a Senior Advocate of the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh]] in 2010.

On his father's death, Anisul Huq became the Chief Special Prosecutor for both the [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|Bangabandhu Murder]] Case and the [[Jail Killing Day|Jail Killing]] case. It was under his counsel that [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|Bangabandhu Murder]] case was finally completed and a judgment was delivered by the apex court of this country. Anisul Huq was also the Chief Counsel and Special Prosecutor for the [[Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh)|Anti-Corruption Commission, Bangladesh]]. Anisul Huq was also the Chief Prosecutor for the Peelkhana Carnage Case which relates to the [[Bangladesh Rifles revolt|mutiny of the Bangladesh Rifles in 2009]]. This case was also completed successfully under his leadership.

The [[Serajul Huq (politician)|late Advocate Serajul Huq]] and his son Anisul Huq both are Senior Advocates of the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh]], acted as counsel for most of the important, leading and sensitive criminal cases of the country during the 1980-2014 period.<ref name="profile" />

===Politics===
[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|In the general elections]] held on 5 January 2014, Anisul Huq was elected as a [[Jatiya Sangsad|Member of Parliament]] from [[Brahmanbaria-4|Brahmanbaria-4 (Kasba-Akhaura)]] Constituency as a candidate of [[Awami League|Bangladesh Awami League]]. which also houses the ancestral home of Anisul Huq. He took oath as a [[List of members of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad|Member of Parliament on 9 January 2014]]. Thereafter he was inducted in the [[Third Sheikh Hasina Cabinet|cabinet]] as a Minister on 12 January 2014 and was allocated the portfolio of [[Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs]].

In the [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|11th National Parliamentary Election]] held on 30 December 2018, Anisul Huq has once again been elected as [[Jatiya Sangsad|Member of Parliament]] from the same Constituency as a candidate of [[Awami League|Bangladesh Awami League]]. He has taken oath as a [[List of members of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad|Member of Parliament on 3 January 2019]]. He has further been appointed as the Minister for the [[Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs]] and taken oath on [[Fourth Sheikh Hasina Cabinet|7 January 2019 as Minister]]. He is the first person to be the Minister of the [[Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs]] for consecutively two terms in the history of [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="profile" />

== Personal life ==
Anisul Huq was married to Nur Amtullah Rina Huq on 18 December 1987.<ref name="profile" /> Rina Haque died on 2 January 1991 in a road accident.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/667291.details|title=I lost my wife in an road accident, I understand the pain of losing loved one.|last=|first=|date=1 August 2019|work=Banglanews24.com|language=bn|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>His mother Jahanara Huq was the first chairman of Citizens Bank Bangladesh.

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