Rokeya Sultana is an

Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

politician and a former

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

member on a women's reserved seat for

Joypurhat District Joypurhat District () is a List of districts of Bangladesh, district in northern Bangladesh, and part of Rajshahi Division. Etymology Prior to the coming of the Chilahati–Parbatipur–Santahar–Darshana line, Calcutta–Jalpaiguri railway line ...

. She is a former

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in the

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