Hamidul Huq Choudhury
Hamidul Huq Chowdhury (Bengali: হামিদুল হক চৌধুরী) (Urdu: حمید الحق چودھری) (1901–1992) was a Pakistani-Bangladeshi politician. He was the founder of The Pakistan Observer, an English-language newspaper which changed its name to The Bangladesh Observer after the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was educated in Dhaka and Calcutta, and had a career as a lawyer, politician and newspaper proprietor.
Hamidul Huq Choudhury | |
|---|---|
| 4th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 28 September 1955 – 12 September 1956 | |
| Prime Minister | Chaudhry Muhammad Ali |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Ali Bogra |
| Succeeded by | Feroz Khan Noon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 August 1901 Noakhali District, British India (present-day Bangladesh) |
| Died | 18 January 1992 (aged 90) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | British Indian (1901–1947), Pakistani (1947–1978), Bangladeshi (1978–1992) |
| Political party | Muslim League, Krishak Sramik Party, United Front |
| Alma mater | Calcutta University |
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