Humayun Rashid Choudhury

Humayun Rasheed Choudhury
হুমায়ূন রশীদ চৌধুরী
8th Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
In office 14 July 1996 – 10 July 2001
Deputy	Mohammad Abdul Hamid
Preceded by	Sheikh Razzak Ali
Succeeded by	Mohammad Abdul Hamid
President of the United Nations General Assembly
In office 1986–1987
Preceded by	Jaime de Piniés
Succeeded by	Peter Florin
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1984–1985
Preceded by	A R Shamsud Doha
Succeeded by	Anisul Islam Mahmud
Member of Parliament for Sylhet-1
In office 1996–2001
Preceded by	Khandaker Abdul Malik
Succeeded by	Saifur Rahman
In office 1986–1991
Preceded by	Syed Rafiqul Haque
Succeeded by	Khandaker Abdul Malik
Personal details
Born	(1928-11-11)11 November 1928 Sylhet, Assam Province, British India
Died	10 July 2001(2001-07-10) (aged 72) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting place	Shah Jalal Dargah Cemetery
Political party	Awami League
Parents	Abdur Rasheed Choudhury (father) Begum Serajunnessa Choudhury (mother)
Relatives	Faruk Rashid Chowdhury (brother)
Alma mater	Aligarh Muslim University Fletcher School at Tufts University
Awards	Independence Day Award (2018)

Humayun Rasheed Choudhury (Bengali: হুমায়ূন রশীদ চৌধুরী; Syloti: ꠢꠥꠝꠣꠁꠃꠘ ꠞꠡꠤꠖ ꠌꠃꠗꠞꠤ 11 November 1928 – 10 July 2001) was a Bangladeshi career diplomat and Speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament from 1996 to 2001. He was elected president of the 41st session of the UN General Assembly in 1986.^[1][2] He was awarded Independence Day Award in 2018 posthumously by the Government of Bangladesh.^[3]