Dr. ATM Shamsul Huda

Dr. ATM Shamsul Huda was born in 1943. He obtained his B.A (Honors) and M.A in History from the University of Dhaka and he stood 1st class 1st position in both the examination. He also earned Masters in Public Administration and PhD from Syracuse University, New York, USA in 1975 and 1979 respectively. He started his career as a teacher of the University of Dhaka in the department of History and later joined the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) in 1966.Prior to Independence of Bangladesh he worked extensively at field levels in both East and West Pakistan. During his 34 years of long service with the Government, has held such positions as Member, Public Administration Training center; Chairman, Bangladesh Water Development Board; Managing Director, Bangladesh Agricultural Development Bank; Secretary, Banking Division, Ministry of Finance and Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources. He retired from Government service in 2000.

He was appointed as Chief Election Commissioner on February 05, 2007 for tenure of 5 years. He retired as CEC on 5th of February, 2012.