Humayun Rashid Choudhury
November 11, 1928 –July 10, 2001
Diplomat, Politician
Lived 72 years
- Born in
- Sylhet
- Passed away in
- Dhaka
Humayun Rasheed Choudhury (Bengali: হুমায়ূন রশীদ চৌধুরী; 11 November 1928 – 10 July 2001) was a Bangladeshi career diplomat and speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament from 1996 to 2001. He was elected president of the 41st session of the UN General Assembly in 1986. He was also Foreign Minister of Bangladesh and Chair of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Relations. He was awarded the Independence Day Award posthumously in 2018 by the government of Bangladesh.
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