Gloria Jharna Sarker

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Gloria Jharna Sarker
গ্লোরিয়া ঝর্ণা সরকার
Member of 11th Jatiya Sangsad of Reserved Seats for Women
Member of Parliament
for Women's Reserved Seat-30
Assumed office
16 February 2019
Personal details
Born10 Jan 1979 (1979-01-10) (age 45) [1]
Nationality Bangladeshi
Political party Bangladesh Awami League
SpouseMintu Mohonta [2]
Children2
Parents
  • Shushanta Sarkar Shanu Shikari [3] (father)
  • Supriya Renu Shikhari [3] (mother)
Education
  • B.A
  • L.L.M
[1]
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Lawyer
[1]

Gloria Jharna Sarkar [1] is a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer who is elected as Member of 11th Jatiya Sangsad of Reserved Seats for Women.

She is the first ever Catholic Christian woman to be in the parliament. [4]

Before her, only two Christian men were elected to parliament. Promode Mankin, a Catholic, was an MP between 2009 and 2014 as well as Social Affairs minister between 2009 and 2012. His son, Jewel Areng, was elected for the first time in 2016 in a by-election and re-elected in 2018 December's general election. [5] [6] [7]

Political life

She has a long history of student activism in Catholic associations and women's groups such as the Young Women's Christian Association, the Bangladesh Christian Association and the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council. [8]

She had been present and was wounded in the 21st August grenade attack on the meeting of Bangladesh Awami League where 24 people got killed and about 300 injured.

I am from a coastal area where people are neglected and struggle to survive. I will work for needy children, women and young people. [9]

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