Shamsun Nahar is a politician of the
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 ...
. She was elected to the
11th Jatiya Sangsad
The Eleventh Jatiya Sangsad () was formed with the elected members of the 2018 Bangladesh general election, 11th General Election of Bangladesh 2018. The Parliament was sworn in on the 3rd January 2019. On seventh January the Cabinet of Banglad ...
of
Bangladesh
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on a reserved seat category for women.
Biography
Shamsun Nahar was born at
Tangail district
Tangail District () is a district (''zila'') in the central region of Bangladesh. In 1969, Tangail mahakuma was separated from the Mymensingh District, Mymensingh district, and a district of the same name as the mahakuma's was created. The dist ...
.
Nahar 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 of Bangladesh. She was elected without competition among 49 others as
11th Jatiya Sangsad Member on the women's reserve seat-13. The speaker of the house
Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury
Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (born 6 October 1966) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the first female speaker of the Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad since April 2013 until September 2024. At 46, she became the youngest person to assume that office ...
took her oath as a member on 20 February 2019.
See also
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List of Parliament members of 11th Jatiya Sangsad
References
External links
List of members of 10th Jatiya Sangsad (2014)–
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 ...
Living people
Awami League politicians
People from Gazipur District
Politicians from Dhaka Division
11th Jatiya Sangsad members
Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad
21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians
1957 births
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