A. T. M. Shamsul Huda
A. T. M. Shamsul Huda was a Bangladeshi civil servant and Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh.
Background
Huda was born on 10 July 1943 in Faridpur in the then British India. He got his bachelor's and master's in history from the University of Dhaka. He later earned his PhD in public administration from Syracuse University.Career
Huda joined the Pakistan Civil Service in 1966. He joined the Bangladesh Civil Service after the independence of Bangladesh. He retired from service in 2000. He served as sub-divisional officer in Bagerhat.Huda was the Secretary in the Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Finance and before that the Managing Director of the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Bank.
Huda served as Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh and held the Bangladesh national elections in 2008. Huda was a director and vice-chairman of GSP Finance Company (Bangladesh) Limited, a Bangladeshi non-banking financial institution.