Dewan Sirajul Huq Explained

Dewan Sirajul Huq
Office:Member of Bangladesh Parliament
Term Start:18 February 1979
Term End:12 February 1982
Birth Place:Akhaura, Brahmanbaria
Death Date:3 September 2002
Death Place:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Party:Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Education:MA- Philosophy

Dewan Sirajul Huq was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former member of parliament from Comilla-4 (at present Brahmanbaria-4).[1] He was a personal associate of the former president of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman. He was also one of the founding members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[2]

Early life and education

Siajul Huq was born in a renowned Bengali Muslim family of Dewans in Akhaura, Brahmanbaria. His father Dewan Akbar Ali was a Munshi, a Muslim scholar. Sirajul Huq passed his Intermediate and Bachelor’s from Comilla Victoria Government College.

Career

Sirajul Huq was the elected vice president of Comilla Victoria Government College Central Students Union. In 1969, he became the general secretary of East Pakistan Road Transport Corporation Workers' Union.[3] Sirajul Huq was elected to the parliament from Comilla-4 (at present Brahmanbaria-4) as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979.[4] He had served as a close personal associate of the then president of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman. He was one of the founding members of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Sirajul Huq had served as the general secretary of Bangladesh Mazdoor Federation.[5] After the assassination of President Ziaur Rahman, Sirajul Huq became shattered and lost his interest in active politics.

Personal life

Sirajul Huq married a schoolteacher named Afroza Begum. Together they had three daughters- Moina, Rumana and Rubaba and a son, Habib Abdullah Zaki, who was the youngest. His son died in the year 2008 due to kidney failure.

Notes and References

  1. Book: News Review on South Asia and Indian Ocean . 1982 . Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses. . en.
  2. Web site: bn:বিএনপি’র প্রথম কমিটিতে যারা ছিলেন . 2021 . Bangladesh Journal . https://www.bd-journal.com/politics/172641/বিএনপির-প্রথম-কমিটিতে-যারা-ছিলেন . bn.
  3. Book: East Pakistan Labour Journal . 1969 . Labour Directorate, Government of East Pakistan. . 19 . en.
  4. Web site: List of 2nd Parliament Members . Bangladesh Parliament . bn . 20 March 2021 . 4 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180904090815/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf . dead .
  5. Book: Countries . International Center for Public Enterprises in Developing . Workers' Self-management and Participation in Decision-making as a Factor of Social Change and Economic Progress in Developing Countries: Bangladesh, Malta, Peru, Yugoslavia . 1980 . ICPE . 70 . en.