Salma Chowdhury (born 1 November 1971) is an Awami League politician and former Member of 11th Jatiya Sangsad in the Reserved Seats for Women.

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from reserved seat in August 2019 by the Awami League representing

Rajbari District Rajbari ( bn, রাজবাড়ী) is a district in central Bangladesh, located in the Dhaka Division. It is a part of the Greater Faridpur subregion of Bengal due to the historical, linguistic and cultural identities of its inhabitants. His ...

. In August 2020, she was airlifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital by Bangladesh Air Force from Rajbari District after catching

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Personal life

Chowdhury's father,

Md. Abdul Wajed Chowdhury Md. Abdul Wajed Chowdhury (died 31 July 1992) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rajbari-1 constituency. Career Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Rajbari-1 as a Bangladesh Awami Leagu ...

, was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the

Rajbari-1 Rajbari-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Kazi Keramat Ali of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Goalanda and Rajbari Sadar upazilas. History The ...

constituency. Her husband, Suleman Khan, is a bureaucrat and secretary of the Ministry of Education.

References

1971 births Living people Awami League politicians People from Rajbari District Politicians from Dhaka Division 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Bangladeshi women in politics 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub