A. K. Faezul Huq (Bengali: এ. কে. ফায়জুল হক) (March 15, 1945 - July 19, 2007) was a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer, and columnist. Huq served as a member of parliament on three occasions, and held various ministerial portfolios including Public Works, Urban Development, Jute, and Textiles since the independence of Bangladesh. He was first elected member of Pakistan National Assembly (MNA) from Banaripara Upazila-Swarupkathi-Nazirpur Upazila constituency on Awami League nomination in 1970.

Born at Calcutta, Faezul was the only son of A. K. Fazlul Huq, then Chief Minister of undivided Bengal. He attended St. Gregory's High School, Dhaka Notre Dame College, and obtained his BA (Hon's) [Political Science] and MA [English] degrees from Dhaka University in 1966 and 1967 respectively. Later, Faezul completed his Law from Dhaka University, and Central Law College.

In August 1969, Faezul Huq joined the Department of Political Science at the Notre Dame College, Dhaka as a Lecturer on invitation. Huq later left the teaching profession and joined full time politics in March 1970. He was elected as one of the youngest MNA in the then Pakistan National Assembly. Faezul was kept in confinement from July 1971 to end of September 1972, during the Bangladesh Liberation War, at Faisalabad former Lyallpur(then West Pakistan). After their transfer to Decca, Bangladesh, Rukhsana Huq, who was pregnant at the time, delivered a baby with arrested development (b. September 21, 1971) - A. K. Ferzul Huq Faisal.




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