Syeda Zohra Alauddin () is a

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 ...

politician and a member of parliament from a reserved seat.

Early life and education

Alauddin joined the

Bangladesh Chhatra League Bangladesh Chhatra League, simply Chhatra League (), is the student wing of the political party, Bangladesh Awami League, founded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 4 January 1948. The organisation is banned and listed as a terrorist organisation in B ...

in 1967, and later became vice president of the district Chattra League. She was arrested for participating in the

1969 East Pakistan mass uprising The 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising () was a democratic political uprising in East Pakistan. It was led by the students backed by various political parties such as the Awami League, National Awami Party, and Communist party of East Pakistan and ...

. She married Muhammad Alauddin Chowdhury, an ex-freedom fighter of the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War (, ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalism, Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which res ...

Career

She was elected to parliament from a reserved seat as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2019. She is the woman's secretary of the

Moulvibazar District Moulvibazar District, () also spelled Moulavibazar, or Maulavibazar, (previous name: South Sylhet) is the southeastern district of Sylhet Division in northeastern Bangladesh, named after the town of Moulvibazar. It is bordered by the Indian states ...

unit of Bangladesh Awami League.

References

Awami League politicians Living people Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians People from Moulvibazar District Politicians from Sylhet Division Year of birth missing (living people) {{Sylhet-AL-politician-stub