Humayun Rashid Choudhury

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.

[3] Choudhury was born on 11 November 1928, to a Bengali Muslim political family in Sylhet, erstwhile British India.

He gained fluency in Bengali, English, Urdu, French and Italian, and was conversational in Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Indonesian.

During his diplomatic career with Pakistan, he held various assignments in Rome, Baghdad, Paris, Lisbon, Jakarta and New Delhi.

[7] He became the first Bangladeshi Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1972, with concurrent accreditation to Switzerland, Austria and the Holy See.

He was also the first Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Choudhury was part of the cabinet of President Hossain Mohammad Ershad and a Jatiya Party Member of Parliament during 1986–1990.

Humayun Rashid Choudhury with Kamran Hossain Chowdhury and others in 1997