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|honorific_prefix = Dr.<br />
|name=Momtazul Haque Khan<br />
|birth_date=1919<br />
|birth_place=[[Lakshmipur District|Mandari]], [[Noakhali District]], [[Bengal Presidency]]<br />
|death_date={{Death date and age|1996|1919}}<br />
|alma_mater=[[Government Medical College, Kolkata|Calcutta Medical College]]<br />
|children=4<br />
}}<br />
'''Momtazul Haque Khan''' (1919-1996) was a Pakistani medical specialist of [[tuberculosis]] and a [[World Health Organization|WHO]] regional director.<ref name=":0">''Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science''. '''3''' (1): 39. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2020</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Momtazul Haque Khan was born into the [[Bengali Muslims|Bengali Muslim]] ''[[Pathans in India|Khan Pathan]]'' family of Mandari village in [[Lakshmipur District|Lakshmipur]], [[Noakhali District]] during the [[British Raj]]. He was the eighth son of Yar Khan Pathan. Khan graduated from the [[Government Medical College, Kolkata|Calcutta Medical College]] in 1948.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
After graduating from Calcutta Medical College in 1948, Dr. Momtazul Haque Khan had joined the Dhaka Tuberculosis Control Centre and was a member until the early 1950s. In the early 1950s, Dr. M.H. Khan had travelled to [[England]] after receiving a scholarship for higher studies. Khan had become the first [[Pakistanis|Pakistani national]] to become a [[World Health Organization|World Health Organisation]] advisor, and served in several [[Country|countries]] in the [[Africa|African continent]], such as [[Nigeria]], [[Egypt]] and [[Sudan]]. He had eventually become the [[World Health Organization|World Health Organisation Regional Director]] of [[Mauritius]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Illness and death ==<br />
Momtazul Haque Khan was suffering from heart-related problems for long periods of time; he had fallen in the Bathroom while preparing for the ''[[Friday prayer|Jum’ah Salah]]'', as the result of a stroke. Medical professionals had declared him dead when he was taken to hospital. Dr. M.H. Khan had left behind his wife, two sons and two daughters.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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