Shirin Akhter (born 12 April 1954) is the general secretary of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and the incumbent

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

member representing the

Feni-1 Feni-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Shirin Akhter of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chhagalnaiya, Fulgazi, and Parshuram upazilas. ...

constituency since January 2014.

Career

Akhter is the general secretary of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, the faction led by Hasanul Haq Inu. Inu is a former information minister of Bangladesh. Inu appointed her the general secretary of the party on 12 March 2016. The party then split in two over opposition to her appointment by some party members. The rebel faction was led by Sharif Nurul Ambia and

Moinuddin Khan Badal Moin Uddin Khan Badal (21 February 1952 – 7 November 2019) was a Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal politician. He was an MP of Chittagong-7 and Chittagong-8. Early life Badal was born on 21 February 1952, in Sarowatali village in Boalkhali Upazila, Chit ...

. After a hearing

Bangladesh Election Commission The Bangladesh Election Commission ( bn, বাংলাদেশ নির্বাচন কমিশন), abbreviated and publicly referred to as EC, is an independent constitutional body that operates the legal functions of election laws i ...

recognized the faction led by Inu and Shirin as the mainstream fraction of the party. She was elected unopposed to the

in 2014. She has called for greater recognition of work done by women in rural areas of Bangladesh. On 26 December 2016, she and Inu led a delegation of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal to meet with the

President of Bangladesh The president of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি — ) officially the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশে ...

Abdul Hamid in the Bangabhaban, to recommend the next chief election commissioner of Bangladesh Election Commission who will oversee the next Bangladeshi general election.

References

Living people 1954 births Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal politicians 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians {{Chittagong-politician-stub