Nurul Huq (officer)
Nurul Huq | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Ports Shipping and IWT | |
| In office 4 July 1978 – 27 November 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Advisor) |
| Succeeded by | Majid-ul-Haq |
| In office 9 December 1977 – 29 June 1978 | |
| Preceded by | M. H. Khan |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Minister) |
| Minister of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources | |
| In office 7 April 1979 – 15 April 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Akbar Hossain |
| Succeeded by | Moudud Ahmed |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 18 February 1979 – 24 March 1982 | |
| 1st Chief of Naval Staff | |
| In office 7 April 1972 – 6 November 1973 | |
| President | Abu Sayeed Chowdhury |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Musharraf Hussain khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1936 Dohar, Bengal, British India |
| Died | 25 January 2021 (aged 85) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Resting place | Military Graveyard Banani |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Spouse | Hasna Huq (m. 1964) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | AKM Hafizuddin (maternal uncle) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Pakistan (before 1972) Bangladesh |
| Branch/service | Pakistan Navy Bangladesh Navy |
| Years of service | 1957–1975 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands | |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 |
Nurul Huq (12 January 1936 – 25 January 2021) was a Bangladesh Navy Captain who served as the 1st Chief of Naval Staff from 7 April 1972 to 6 November 1973 and the chairman of BIWTA and BIWTC. Huq served at the Ziaur Rahman ministry as the Minister of Ports Shipping and IWT and one of the founding members of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in which he held and elected as Member of Parliament in 1979 Bangladeshi general election.