Muhammad Faridul Huda | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Comilla-2 | |
| In office 2 April 1979 –24 March 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Taheruddin Thakur |
| Succeeded by | Abdur Rashid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1929 or 1930 [1] |
| Died | 14 January 1999 |
| Party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Other political affiliations | National Awami Party (Bhashani) |
| Alma mater | Dhaka Medical College |
| Profession | Physician |
Muhammad Faridul Huda (born 1929 or 1930;died 1999) was a Bangladeshi physician and politician. He was the member of parliament for Comilla-2 from 1979 to 1982. He was,for a time,the state minister for Health &Population Control in the Ziaur Rahman ministry.
Huda was born in 1929 or 1930. [1] He earned a degree at Dhaka Medical College. [2]
Huda ran unsuccessfully for the Comilla-II seat in the 1965 East Pakistan Provincial Assembly election. [3]
Huda joined the National Awami Party (Bhashani) (NAP (B)). He stood for the National Assembly of Pakistan seat of Comilla-II in the 1970 Pakistani general election. He finished last,receiving 1,819 fewer votes than the fifth-place Convention Muslim League (Fazlul Quader) candidate,Azizur Rahman Mollah. [4]
Bangladesh won its independence from Pakistan in 1971. Huda contested again as a NAP (B) candidate in the 1973 Bangladeshi general election. [5]
In 1979,he was elected to parliament from Comilla-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate. [1] [6] He was appointed Minister of State for Health &Population Control by President Ziaur Rahman. On 5 April 1981,he resigned along with three others from the 46-member Council of Ministers. [7]
Huda died on 14 January 1999. He is buried in Ashuganj,adjacent to the grounds of Kamaura Shaheed Smriti High School,which he founded. [8]
His son,Nazmul Huda Biplob,is also a physician. He sought the BNP nomination for Brahmanbaria-2 in the 2026 Bangladeshi general election. [9]
244. Comilla II Dr. Md. Faridul Huda 49 B.N P.
[Comilla-II] Dr. Md. Faridul Huda BNP Contested as NAP (B) candidate in 1973 election