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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Nazmul Huda
|native_name = নাজমুল হুদা
|native_name_lang = bn
|office = [[Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges|Minister of Communications]]
|predecessor = [[Anwar Hossain Manju]]
|successor = [[Syed Abul Hossain]]
|term_start = 10 October 2001
|term_end = 28 October 2006
|office1 = [[Ministry of Information (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Information]]
|term_start1 = March 1991
|term_end1 = January 1996
|constituency_MP2 = [[Dhaka-1]]
|predecessor2 = [[Shahid Khandaker]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-4th-parliament-members-bangla|title=List of 4th Parliament Members|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref>
|successor2 = [[Abdul Mannan Khan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla|title=List of 9th Parliament Members|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref>
|term_start2 = 20 March 1991
|term_end2 = 29 October 2006
|party = {{ubl|[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] <small>(1978–2012)</small>|Trinomool BNP <small>(2015–present)</small>}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|01|06|df=y}}
|spouse=[[Sigma Huda]]
|nationality=Bangladeshi
}}

'''Nazmul Huda''' (born 6 January 1943)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Profile - Mr. Nazmul Huda|url=https://www.tritiyomatra.com/profile/70|access-date=2020-09-08|website=www.tritiyomatra.com|language=en}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi barrister and politician. He served as the [[Ministry of Information (Bangladesh)|minister of information]] (1991–1996) and the [[Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges|minister of communications]] (2001–2006) of the [[government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news|title=BNP does not attend Awami League National Council|url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2016/10/22/bnp-does-not-attend-awami-league-national-council|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=16 November 2016}}</ref> He was a 4-term [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Dhaka-1]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of 8th Parliament Members|url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-8th-parliament-members-bangla|access-date=2020-09-08|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref> He was a member of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] since its inception until 2012 when he left the party as its vice chairman.<ref name=bmp/>

==Political career==
Huda started his political career with ''Jagodal'', a party founded by former President of Bangladesh [[Ziaur Rahman]] in 1977.<ref name=bmp>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/nazmul-huda-creates-yet-another-party-52733|title=Nazmul Huda creates yet another party|date=2014-11-30|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-10-11|language=en}}</ref> He became the founding member of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP).<ref name=bmp/> He resigned from BNP as a vice chairman in June 2012.<ref name=bna>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/nazmul-huda-forms-yet-another-party-23201|title=Nazmul Huda forms yet another party|date=2014-05-08|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-10-11|language=en}}</ref> Two months later he formed his own party [[Bangladesh Nationalist Front]] (BNF).<ref name=bna/> He was ousted by the party leader [[S.M. Abul Kalam Azad]] after a few months.<ref name=bmp/> He formed Bangladesh National Alliance (BNA) in May 2014 and Bangladesh Manabadhikar Party (BMP) in November the same year.<ref name=bmp/> In November 2015, he formed his fifth political party named ''Trinamool BNP''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/nazmul-huda-forms-%E2%80%98trinamool-bnp%E2%80%99-175417|title=Nazmul Huda forms ‘Trinamool BNP’|date=2015-11-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-10-11|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nazmul Huda floats new party, calls it ‘Trinamool BNP’|url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2015/11/20/nazmul-huda-floats-new-party-calls-it-trinamool-bnp|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=16 November 2016}}</ref><ref name=nasim/>

Huda, as the head of an alliance of 31 parties, joined the Awami League-led 14-party combine in January 2016.<ref name=nasim>{{Cite news|date=2016-01-15|title=Huda-led alliance to join 14-party: Nasim|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/huda-led-alliance-join-14-party-nasim-202381|access-date=2020-09-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Huda was defeated as in the [[2018 Bangladeshi general election]] as a Bangladesh National Alliance (BNA) party candidate from the [[Dhaka-17]] constituency.<ref name=7JAN2019>{{Cite news|date=2019-01-07|title=Huda starts serving time|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/bribery-case-barrister-nazmul-huda-sent-to-dhaka-jail-surrender-1683724|access-date=2020-09-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

==Charges and convictions==
On 21 March 2007, the [[Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh)|Anti-Corruption Commission]] (ACC) filed a case accusing Huda, while he was the communications minister during 2001–2006, taking Tk 2.40 crore as bribe from a businessman, Mir Zahir Hossain, in exchange for awarding him Tk 30 crore government contracts for construction work. On 27 August, he was sentenced to 7 years' of rigorous imprisonment. Based on the appeal, the High Court, on 20 March 2011, had acquitted him of the charges but on 1 December 2014, the Supreme Court's Appellate Division scrapped the acquittal. On 8 November 2017, the High Court commuted the jail term to 4 years.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-11-08|title=Huda’s jail term commuted|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/bribery-case-bnp-minister-nazmul-hudas-jail-term-commuted-high-court-1488193|access-date=2020-09-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> The Supreme Court asked Huda to surrender in this case in January 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-01-07|title=SC asks Nazmul Huda to surrender in bribery case|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/bangladesh-supreme-court-asks-former-bnp-leader-nazmul-huda-surrender-in-bribery-case-1516201|access-date=2020-09-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> After surrendering, Huda was sent to prison on 7 January 2019.<ref name=7JAN2019/> On 21 January, the Supreme Court granted bail in this case.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-01-21|title=Nazmul Huda gets bail in bribe case|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/nazmul-huda-gets-supreme-court-bail-in-bribery-case-1690642|access-date=2020-09-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

On 27 July 2007, [[Golam Mohammad Siraj]], a BNP politician and owner of Cab Express Ltd, filed a case against Huda and his wife accusing them of extorting him for two Maruti cars in 2003. A Dhaka court, on 12 June 2008, sentenced Huda to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment in this case. But in September 2015, the High Court scrapped the lower court verdict and acquitted him.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-09-10|title=Nazmul Huda acquitted of extortion case|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/nazmul-huda-acquitted-extortion-case-141040|access-date=2020-09-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

On 3 April 2008, Huda was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment on charges of concealing wealth information and illegally amassing wealth.<ref name=12yrs>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-30699|title=Huda handed 12yrs for ill-gotten wealth|date=2008-04-04|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-10-11|language=en}}</ref> Following an appeal, the High Court, in August 2010, acquitted him from this case.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2010-08-19|title=Huda's jail sentence scrapped|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-151324|access-date=2020-09-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> But, the Supreme Court scrapped the acquittal verdict in September 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-09-07|title=Huda’s acquittal scrapped, Khoka’s graft trial to continue|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/sc-scraps-nazmul-huda%E2%80%99s-acquittal-graft-case-139267|access-date=2020-09-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

On 18 June 2008, ACC filed a case accusing Huda and his wife taking Tk 6 lakh as bribe from a contractor. The High Court scrapped the case in 2016 but in 2017, the Appellate Division cancelled the High Court verdict.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-02-10|title=SC stays case against Nazmul Huda, wife|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/sc-stays-case-against-nazmul-huda-wife-1865851|access-date=2020-09-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> Following a petition, on 8 July 2019, the High Court asked ACC to end inquiry within 4 months.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-07-08|title=HC asks ACC to end inquiry into graft case against Nazmul Huda|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/hc-asks-acc-end-inquiry-graft-case-against-nazmul-huda-1768516|access-date=2020-09-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

On 9 January 2020, ACC filed two graft cases against the Huda and his family for laundering about Tk 6.73 crore in UK.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-01-09|title=Ex-minister’s wife, daughters sued for ‘money laundering’|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/ex-minister-nazmul-huda-wife-daughters-sued-money-laundering-case-1851739|access-date=2020-09-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> They were granted bail on these charges on 10 March.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-03-10|title=Nazmul Huda’s wife, daughters get bail in corruption cases|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/nazmul-huda-wife-daughters-get-bail-in-corruption-cases-1878892|access-date=2020-09-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

On 19 February 2020, ACC filed a case against Huda for bringing false allegation against a former [[Chief Justice of Bangladesh]] [[Surendra Kumar Sinha]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-10-01|title=SK Sinha sued|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/surendra-kumar-sinha-sued-for-corruption-minister-nazmul-huda-1641205|access-date=2020-09-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> According to the statement, Huda falsely claimed that Sinha had demanded bribe from him promising to dismiss a corruption case filed against him.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-02-19|title=Nazmul Huda sued by ACC over false allegation against SK Sinha|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/nazmul-huda-sued-acc-over-false-allegation-against-sk-sinha-1870294|access-date=2020-09-08|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Huda is married to lawyer [[Sigma Huda]].<ref>{{cite news|title=SC upholds acquittal of Manju|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/sc-upholds-acquittal-manju-173098|work=The Daily Star|access-date=16 November 2016|date=16 November 2015}}</ref> Together they have two daughters Antora Salima Huda and Srabonti Ameena Huda.<ref name=12yrs/>

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi barristers]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians]]
[[Category:Information ministers of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Communications ministers of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:5th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:6th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:7th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]

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