KM Nurul Huda
| KM Nurul Huda | |
|---|---|
| Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh | |
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In office 15 february, 2017 – present |
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| President | Abdul Hamid |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 (age 69) Patuakhali |
| Nationality | Bangladeshis |
| Alma mater |
University of Dhaka University of Manchester |
| Profession | Civil servant |
KM Nurul Huda, is a freedom fighter, retired secretary & the incumbent Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh. He was chief executive of Dhaka City Corporation. He also served as joint secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forests and additional secretary to the Parliament Secretariat.
Nurul Huda was born in 1948 in Patuakhali's Baufal.
He completed his schooling in Patuakhali. He obtained his graduation and master's in Statistics from Dhaka University.
He also studied Public Administration and Advanced Studies at the University of Manchester, and pursued further studies in the then Soviet Union.
Nurul Huda took part in Bangladesh Liberation War from sector-9.
He is a Bangladesh Civil Service cadre of 1973's Freedom Fighter batch. He served as deputy commissioner of Comilla and Faridpur. In 2006 he was forced to retire from the public service during the BNP-Jamaat-led alliance government from 2001 to 2006 even before he became the secretary but a Supreme Court ruling gave him the status of secretary.
He worked as the director, administration and human resources, for Gemcon Ltd. He also Served as the chairman of North West Zone Power Distribution Company Ltd, and the managing director of Bangladesh Municipal Development Fund.
President Abdul Hamid has appointed KM Nurul Huda as the chief election commissioner (CEC) of Bangladesh on February 6, 2017. He took oath as the new CEC on February 15, 2017.
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