Salma Islam (born 1 January 1955) is a Bangladeshi businesswoman, politician, lawyer, 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. She was an MP of Bangladesh

representing the Dhaka-1 constituency. She served as state minister of the Bangladesh government for Ministry of Women and Children Affairs. She is the Member of

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as well as current chair of Dhaka (district unit) of

Jatiya Party (Ershad) The Jatiya Party (, ; JaPa or JP(E)) is a political party of Bangladesh. The current chairman of the party is Ghulam Muhammed Quader. On 3 January 2019, the party announced its decision to join the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance a ...

. She has been made the new chairman of

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after the death of her husband and the conglomerate's founder chairman Nurul Islam Babul.

Career

Islam served as the publisher and editor of ''

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''. The all-party interim government headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. President Abdul Hamid administered the oath at the presidential palace. She was taking oath as a member of the constituents of the Awami League-led grand alliance. In December 2013, She, along with six others ministers and advisors of Jatiya Party resigned following the directive of the party chief. She was elected to parliament from Dhaka-1 constituency in 2014 as a Jatiya Party candidate. In 2019, she was made the Jatiya Party's Dhaka district unit president.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Islam, Salma Living people 1955 births Jatiya Party politicians 9th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Bangladeshi women journalists Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians 12th Jatiya Sangsad members Bangladeshi businesspeople 20th-century Bangladeshi journalists