Kazi Anwarul Haque (also spelled Anwarul Huque) was a Bangladeshi police officer, bureaucrat, and technocrat minister.[1][2]
Early life
editHaque was born on 8 February 1909 in Dhaka, East Bengal, British Raj. His father was a notable writer, Kazi Imdadul Huq. In 1932, he graduated from Dhaka University and joined the Indian Police Service.[3]
Career
editAnwarul Haque served in both East and West Bengal as superintendent of Police. He moved to East Pakistan after the partition of India. He served as the Superintendent of Police in Chittagong District. He was promoted in 1953 to Deputy Inspector General and in 1958 to Inspector General of Police. The government transferred him from the police service to the civil service. In 1961 he was promoted to Chief Secretary of the East Pakistan government. He was the first Bengali to become the Chief Secretary. From 1963 to 1965 he was the chairman of the Pakistan Central Public Service Commission.[3][4]
Anwarul Haque was appointed the Education Minister of Pakistan in 1965. He was also the Minister of Health, Labour and Social Welfare. He retired in 1969 and joined the private sector. In 1975, following the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état, he joined the Council of Advisors and Ministers. He served in the cabinets of President Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, President Ziaur Rahman, and President Abdus Sattar. After retirement he wrote his memoir, Under Three Flags: Reminiscence of a Public Servant, about serving under the British, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi governments.[5] In 1991, he wrote Quest of Freedom about the Bangladesh Liberation war.[3][6]
Death
editAnwarul Haque died in November 2001.[3]
References
edit- ^ Debates: Official Report. Manager of Publications. 1969. p. 177. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Raza, Syed Hashim (1991). Hamari Manzil. Mustafain & Murtazain. p. 493. ISBN 9789694600024. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d Ebadul Hoque, Kazi. "Haque, Kazi Anwarul". Banglapedia. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Von Vorys, Karl (2015). Political Development in Pakistan. Princeton University Press. p. 217. ISBN 9781400876389. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ Anwarul Huque, K. (1 January 1986). Under three flags: Reminiscences of a public servant. Islamic Foundation Bangladesh.
- ^ Benson, Eugene; Benson, University Professor Emeritus of English Eugene; Conolly, L. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. Routledge. p. 857. ISBN 9781134468485. Retrieved 18 August 2018.