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 District () is a district in central Bangladesh, located in Dhaka Division. It is a part of the Padma Division, Greater Faridpur subregion of Bengal due to the historical and cultural identities of its inhabitants, with Kushtia border on th ...
. In August 2020, she was airlifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital by Bangladesh Air Force from Rajbari District after catching
COVID-19
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The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
.
Personal life
Chowdhury's father,
Md. Abdul Wajed Chowdhury, was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the
Rajbari-1
Rajbari-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by popula ...
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
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