Anjum Sultana Sima

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Anjum Sultana Sima
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Reserved women's seat-10
In office
20 February 2019 6 August 2024
Personal details
Political party Awami League

Anjum Sultana Sima is an Awami League politician and a member of the Bangladesh Parliament from a reserved seat.

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Early life

Sultana was born on 28 September 1971. She has a B.Ed. degree. [1] Her father, Afzal Khan, was a leader of the Awami League. [2]

Career

Sultana was nominated by the Awami League to contest the Comilla City mayoral election in 2017. She lost the election to Monirul Haque Sakku. [3] She lost in part due to internal conflicts in the Awami League and lack of support from the local Awami League member of parliament, AKM Bahauddin Bahar. [4] [2]

In 2019, Sultana was elected to parliament from reserved seat as an Awami League candidate. [5]

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References

  1. "Constituency 310_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Comilla Mayoral Polls: AL's defeat 'caused by infighting'". The Daily Star. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. "BNP's Monirul wins Comilla city polls". The Daily Star. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. "Sima blames party men for defeat in CCC polls". The Daily Star. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. "Aroma, Suborna to become MP as Awami League names 41 for reserved seats". bdnews24.com. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.