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	\|name = Mirza Nurul Huda		\|name = Mirza Nurul Huda
	\|native_name = মির্জা নূরুল হুদা		\|native_name = মির্জা নূরুল হুদা
	\|native_name_lang = bn		\|native_name_lang = bn
	\|office = ~~3rd~~ [[Vice President of Bangladesh]]		\|image = Mirza Nurul Huda Brussels 1976.jpg
			\|caption = Nurul Huda at the European Union in Brussels (1976)
			\|office = 4th [[Vice President of Bangladesh]]
	\|president = [[Abdus Sattar (president)\|Abdus Sattar]]		\|president = [[Abdus Sattar (president)\|Abdus Sattar]]
	\|term_start = 24 November 1981		\|term_start = 24 November 1981
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	\|predecessor = Abdus Sattar		\|predecessor = Abdus Sattar
	\|successor = [[Mohammad Mohammadullah]]		\|successor = [[Mohammad Mohammadullah]]
	\|~~office1~~ = Governor of East Pakistan		\|office2 = 8th [[Governor of East Pakistan]]
	\|~~term_start1~~ = 23 March 1969		\|term_start2 = 23 March 1969
	\|~~term_end1~~ = 24 March 1969		\|term_end2 = 24 March 1969
	\|~~predecessor1~~ = [[Abdul Monem Khan]]		\|predecessor2 = [[Abdul Monem Khan]]
	\|~~successor1~~ = [[Muzaffaruddin]]		\|successor2 = [[Muzaffaruddin]]
			\| office1 = [[Government of East Pakistan\|Minister of Finance of East Pakistan]]
			\| predecessor1 = [[Md. Hafizur Rahman]]
			\| successor1 =
			\| term_start1 = 29 March 1965<ref>{{cite book \|author1=Central Intelligence Agency \|title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts \|date=1965 \|location=United States \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCsDqaDRGJoC \|access-date=4 September 2023 \|language=English}}</ref>
			\| term_end1 = 1969
	\|birth_date = {{birth date\|1919\|08\|01\|df=y}}		\|birth_date = {{birth date\|1919\|08\|01\|df=y}}
	\|birth_place = ~~Jangalia,~~ [[~~Tangail District~~\|~~Tangail~~]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]		\|birth_place = [[Delduar Upazila\|Jangalia]], [[Bengal Presidency\|Bengal]], [[British Raj\|British India]]
	\|death_date = {{death date and age\|1991\|12\|22\|1919\|08\|01\|df=y}}		\|death_date = {{death date and age\|1991\|12\|22\|1919\|08\|01\|df=y}}
	\|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh		\|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
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	\|children = Simeen Mahmud <br/> Mirza Najmul Huda <br/> Zareen Ahmed		\|children = Simeen Mahmud <br/> Mirza Najmul Huda <br/> Zareen Ahmed
	}}		}}
	'''Mirza Nurul Huda''' (1 August 1919 – 22 December 1991) was an economist and academic who served as the 3rd [[Vice President of Bangladesh]].<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book \|last=Islam \|first=~~Sirajul~~ \|year=2012 \|editor1-last=Islam \|editor1-first=~~Sirajul~~ \|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam \|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh \|edition=Second \|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]\|chapter=Huda, Mirza Nurul\|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Huda,_Mirza_Nurul \|editor2-last=Salam \|editor2-first=Muhammad}}</ref> He served as the governor of East Pakistan and the finance minister of Bangladesh.<ref name=bpedia/>		'''Mirza Nurul Huda''' (1 August 1919 – 22 December 1991) was an economist and academic who served as the 3rd [[Vice President of Bangladesh]].<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book \|last=Sirajul Islam \|first= \|year=2012 \|editor1-last=Sirajul Islam \|editor1-first= \|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam \|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh \|edition=Second \|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]\|chapter=Huda, Mirza Nurul\|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Huda,_Mirza_Nurul \|editor2-last=Salam \|editor2-first=Muhammad}}</ref> He served as the governor of East Pakistan and the finance minister of Bangladesh.<ref name=bpedia/>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	Huda was born in Jangalia village, [[Tangail District\|Tangail]], British India (now [[Delduar Upazila]], Bangladesh) on 1 August 1919.<ref name=bpedia/> He studied at the Bindubashini High School in Tangail.<ref name=weekend>{{Cite web\|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2008/08/01/remembrance.htm\|title=Dr M. N. Huda As I knew him\|newspaper=The Daily Star\|date=1 August 2008\|first=~~Azizul~~\|last=Jalil\|access-date=2017-11-11}}</ref> He completed his bachelor's and master's from the [[University of Dhaka]] and graduated in 1940 and 1941 respectively. In 1949, he completed his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from [[Cornell University]]. The same year he joined the economics faculty at the University of Dhaka.<ref name=bpedia/> In late 1952, the [[Radio Pakistan]], Dhaka had arranged debates with Huda as the moderator.<ref name=weekend/> He went to London for a year as a Nuffield Fellow in 1955.<ref name=weekend/>		Nurul Huda was born in Jangalia village, [[Tangail District\|Tangail]], British India (now [[Delduar Upazila]], Bangladesh) on 1 August 1919.<ref name=bpedia/> He studied at the [[Bindu Basini Govt. Boys' High School\|Bindubashini High School]] in Tangail.<ref name=weekend>{{Cite web\|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2008/08/01/remembrance.htm\|title=Dr M. N. Huda As I knew him\|newspaper=The Daily Star\|date=1 August 2008\|first=\|last=Azizul Jalil\|access-date=2017-11-11}}</ref> He completed his bachelor's and master's from the [[University of Dhaka]] and graduated in 1940 and 1941 respectively. In 1949, he completed his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from [[Cornell University]]. The same year he joined the economics faculty at the University of Dhaka.<ref name=bpedia/> In late 1952, the [[Radio Pakistan]], Dhaka had arranged debates with Nurul Huda as the moderator.<ref name=weekend/> He went to London for a year as a Nuffield Fellow in 1955.<ref name=weekend/>

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	[[File:Mirza Nurul Huda.jpg\|thumb\|Huda at Radio Pakistan, Dhaka (1952)]]		[[File:Mirza Nurul Huda.jpg\|thumb\|Nurul Huda at Radio Pakistan, Dhaka (1952)]]
	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.<ref name=bpedia/> On 23 March 1969, he replaced [[Abdul Monem Khan]] as the governor of East Pakistan but he had to resign from the position a day after upon the declaration of martial law in Pakistan by [[Yahya Khan]].<ref name=bpedia/> He went back to his teaching profession and in 1969, he was made the chairman of the economics department of the University of Dhaka.		From 1962 to 1965, he was the member of the planning commission of Pakistan. He protested against the economic discrimination of East Pakistan.{{Citation needed\|date= June 2022}} He was the Ministry of Planning and Finance of East Pakistan from 1965 to 1969.<ref name=bpedia/> On 23 March 1969, he replaced [[Abdul Monem Khan]] as the governor of East Pakistan but he had to resign from the position a day after upon the declaration of martial law in Pakistan by [[Yahya Khan]].<ref name=bpedia/> He went back to his teaching profession and in 1969, he was made the chairman of the economics department of the University of Dhaka.{{Citation needed\|date= June 2022}}

	Huda was appointed a member of the council of advisers of government of Bangladesh on 26 November 1975 and held the charge of the ministries of agriculture, commerce, finance, industries and planning. In 1979, President [[Ziaur Rahman]] appointed him the minister of finance of Bangladesh. He was made vice president by Justice [[Abdus Sattar (president)\|Abdus Sattar]] on 24 November 1981 and served until 23 March 1982.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Szfqq7ruqWgC\|title=Bangladesh: Past and Present\|last=Ahmed\|first=Salahuddin\|date=2004-01-01\|publisher=APH Publishing\|isbn=9788176484695\|page=221\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=bpedia/>		Nurul Huda was appointed a member of the council of advisers of government of Bangladesh on 26 November 1975 and held the charge of the ministries of agriculture, commerce, finance, industries and planning. In 1979, President [[Ziaur Rahman]] appointed him the minister of finance of Bangladesh. He was made vice president by Justice [[Abdus Sattar (president)\|Abdus Sattar]] on 24 November 1981 and served until 23 March 1982.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Szfqq7ruqWgC\|title=Bangladesh: Past and Present\|last=Ahmed\|first=Salahuddin\|date=2004-01-01\|publisher=APH Publishing\|isbn=9788176484695\|page=221\|language=en}}</ref><ref name=bpedia/>

	==Works==		==Works==
	Huda had about twenty research publications to his credit. He edited the book titled "The Test of Time: My Life and Days" written by [[Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://bangabhaban.gov.bd/Homes/banglahistory_submenu/12/51\|title=BANGABHABAN - The President House of Bangladesh\|website=bangabhaban.gov.bd\|language=en\|access-date=2017-11-11\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414050508/http://bangabhaban.gov.bd/Homes/banglahistory_submenu/12/51\|archive-date=2016-04-14\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Nurul Huda had about twenty research publications to his credit. He edited the book titled "The Test of Time: My Life and Days" written by [[Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://bangabhaban.gov.bd/Homes/banglahistory_submenu/12/51\|title=BANGABHABAN - The President House of Bangladesh\|website=bangabhaban.gov.bd\|language=en\|access-date=2017-11-11\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414050508/http://bangabhaban.gov.bd/Homes/banglahistory_submenu/12/51\|archive-date=2016-04-14\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Personal life and death==		==Personal life and death==
	Huda was married to Kulsum Huda, a daughter of Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly [[Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan]].<ref name=weekend/> Kulsum was one of the founders and vice chancellors of [[Central Women's University]]. Their daughter Simeen Mahmud (d. 2018) was a demographer at the [[Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/researcher-simeen-mahmud-no-more-1550740\|title=Researcher Simeen Mahmud no more\|date=2018-03-20\|work=The Daily Star\|access-date=2018-08-24\|language=en}}</ref> Simeen was married to the economist [[Wahiduddin Mahmud]]. Their eldest son Mirza Najmul Huda is an economist.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/simeens-works-beacon-light-1569250\|title=Simeen's works a beacon of light\|date=2018-04-29\|work=The Daily Star\|access-date=2018-08-24\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://cwcdhaka.edu.bd/details?id=2\|title~~=Central Women's College\|work~~=Central Women's College\|access-date=2018-08-24\|language=en}}</ref> Another daughter is Zareen Huda Ahmed.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/tribute/remembering-our-sister-simeen-mahmud-1556134\|title=Remembering our sister Simeen Mahmud\|date=2018-04-01\|work=The Daily Star\|access-date=2018-08-24\|language=en}}</ref>		Nurul Huda was married to Kulsum Huda, a daughter of Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly [[Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan]].<ref name=weekend/> Kulsum was one of the founders and vice chancellors of [[Central Women's University]]. Their daughter [[Simeen Mahmud]] (d. 2018) was a demographer at the [[Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/researcher-simeen-mahmud-no-more-1550740\|title=Researcher Simeen Mahmud no more\|date=2018-03-20\|work=The Daily Star\|access-date=2018-08-24\|language=en}}</ref> Simeen was married to the economist [[Wahiduddin Mahmud]]. Their eldest son Mirza Najmul Huda is an economist.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/simeens-works-beacon-light-1569250\|title=Simeen's works a beacon of light\|date=2018-04-29\|work=The Daily Star\|access-date=2018-08-24\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://cwcdhaka.edu.bd/details?id=2\|title=Central Women's College\|access-date=2018-08-24\|language=en}}</ref> Another daughter is Zareen Huda Ahmed.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/tribute/remembering-our-sister-simeen-mahmud-1556134\|title=Remembering our sister Simeen Mahmud\|date=2018-04-01\|work=The Daily Star\|access-date=2018-08-24\|language=en}}</ref>

	Huda died on 22 December 1991 in [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh.<ref name=bpedia/>		Nurul Huda died on 22 December 1991 in [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh.<ref name=bpedia/>

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|name = Mirza Nurul Huda
|native_name = মির্জা নূরুল হুদা
|native_name_lang = bn
|office = 3rd [[Vice President of Bangladesh]]
|president = [[Abdus Sattar (president)|Abdus Sattar]]
|term_start = 24 November 1981
|term_end = 23 March 1982
|predecessor = Abdus Sattar
|successor = [[Mohammad Mohammadullah]]
|office1 = Governor of East Pakistan
|term_start1 = 23 March 1969
|term_end1 = 24 March 1969
|predecessor1 = [[Abdul Monem Khan]]
|successor1 = [[Muzaffaruddin]]
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|death_date = {{death date and age|1991|12|22|1919|08|01|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
|alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]<br />[[Cornell University]]
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|spouse = Kulsum Huda
|children = Simeen Mahmud <br/> Mirza Najmul Huda <br/> Zareen Ahmed
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'''Mirza Nurul Huda''' (1 August 1919 – 22 December 1991) was an economist and academic who served as the 3rd [[Vice President of Bangladesh]].<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]|chapter=Huda, Mirza Nurul|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Huda,_Mirza_Nurul |editor2-last=Salam |editor2-first=Muhammad}}</ref> He served as the governor of East Pakistan and the finance minister of Bangladesh.<ref name=bpedia/>

== Early life ==
Huda was born in Jangalia village, [[Tangail District|Tangail]], British India (now [[Delduar Upazila]], Bangladesh) on 1 August 1919.<ref name=bpedia/> He studied at the Bindubashini High School in Tangail.<ref name=weekend>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2008/08/01/remembrance.htm|title=Dr M. N. Huda As I knew him|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=1 August 2008|first=Azizul|last=Jalil|access-date=2017-11-11}}</ref> He completed his bachelor's and master's from the [[University of Dhaka]] and graduated in 1940 and 1941 respectively. In 1949, he completed his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from [[Cornell University]]. The same year he joined the economics faculty at the University of Dhaka.<ref name=bpedia/> In late 1952, the [[Radio Pakistan]], Dhaka had arranged debates with Huda as the moderator.<ref name=weekend/> He went to London for a year as a Nuffield Fellow in 1955.<ref name=weekend/>

== Career ==
[[File:Mirza Nurul Huda.jpg|thumb|Huda at Radio Pakistan, Dhaka (1952)]]
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.<ref name=bpedia/> On 23 March 1969, he replaced [[Abdul Monem Khan]] as the governor of East Pakistan but he had to resign from the position a day after upon the declaration of martial law in Pakistan by [[Yahya Khan]].<ref name=bpedia/> He went back to his teaching profession and in 1969, he was made the chairman of the economics department of the University of Dhaka.

Huda was appointed a member of the council of advisers of government of Bangladesh on 26 November 1975 and held the charge of the ministries of agriculture, commerce, finance, industries and planning. In 1979, President [[Ziaur Rahman]] appointed him the minister of finance of Bangladesh. He was made vice president by Justice [[Abdus Sattar (president)|Abdus Sattar]] on 24 November 1981 and served until 23 March 1982.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Szfqq7ruqWgC|title=Bangladesh: Past and Present|last=Ahmed|first=Salahuddin|date=2004-01-01|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=9788176484695|page=221|language=en}}</ref><ref name=bpedia/>

==Works==
Huda had about twenty research publications to his credit. He edited the book titled "The Test of Time: My Life and Days" written by [[Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bangabhaban.gov.bd/Homes/banglahistory_submenu/12/51|title=BANGABHABAN - The President House of Bangladesh|website=bangabhaban.gov.bd|language=en|access-date=2017-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414050508/http://bangabhaban.gov.bd/Homes/banglahistory_submenu/12/51|archive-date=2016-04-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Huda was married to Kulsum Huda, a daughter of Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly [[Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan]].<ref name=weekend/> Kulsum was one of the founders and vice chancellors of [[Central Women's University]]. Their daughter Simeen Mahmud (d. 2018) was a demographer at the [[Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/researcher-simeen-mahmud-no-more-1550740|title=Researcher Simeen Mahmud no more|date=2018-03-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-08-24|language=en}}</ref> Simeen was married to the economist [[Wahiduddin Mahmud]]. Their eldest son Mirza Najmul Huda is an economist.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/simeens-works-beacon-light-1569250|title=Simeen's works a beacon of light|date=2018-04-29|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-08-24|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cwcdhaka.edu.bd/details?id=2|title=Central Women's College|work=Central Women's College|access-date=2018-08-24|language=en}}</ref> Another daughter is Zareen Huda Ahmed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/tribute/remembering-our-sister-simeen-mahmud-1556134|title=Remembering our sister Simeen Mahmud|date=2018-04-01|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-08-24|language=en}}</ref>

Huda died on 22 December 1991 in [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh.<ref name=bpedia/>

== References ==
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