Saleha Mosharraf (1 May 1949 – 28 August 2014) was a

Bangladesh 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

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 from the Faridpur-4 constituency.

Career

Mosharraf was married to Mosharraf Hossain, a member of parliament from Faridpur-4 and former member of the

Mukti Bahini The Mukti Bahini, initially called the Mukti Fauj, also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was a big tent armed guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military personnel, paramilitary personnel and civilians during the Ba ...

. Following the death of her husband, by-elections were called in his constituency. She was elected to the parliament from that constituency. She was selected to parliament in 2009 for a women's reserved seat. She served as the president of

Sadarpur Upazila Sadarpur () is an upazila of Faridpur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Sadarpur is located at and has 40,219 households and a total area of 261.29 km2. Demographics As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Sadarpur u ...

unit of Bangladesh Awami League.

Death

Mosharraf died on 29 August 2014 at the Faridpur Diabetic Medical College Hospital.

References

1949 births 2014 deaths Awami League politicians 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 9th Jatiya Sangsad members Place of birth missing 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad {{Dhaka-AL-politician-stub