Jebunnesa Afroz

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Jebunnesa Afroz
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
for Barisal-5
In office
22 June 2014 –29 December 2018
Personal details
Born Barisal
Political party Bangladesh Awami League
Spouse Shawkat Hossain Hiron

Jebunnesa Afroz is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and Member of Parliament in the 10th session of the parliament. [1] She was elected from Barisal-5. [2]

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Biography

Afroz was married to Shawkat Hossain Hiron. He was a politician of Bangladesh Awami League and Member of Parliament from Barisal-5 constituency of Barisal District. He died on 9 April 2014 and left the seat of Barisal-5 vacant. A by-election was declared for the constituency for which she announced her candidacy. She won the nomination of Bangladesh Awami League. She won the election on 15 June 2014. She received about 183 thousand votes compared to her opponent who received about six thousand votes, winning by a landslide. She was sworn in office on 22 June 2014 by the Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, the speaker of the parliament in the speakers office. [3]

On 8 July 2014, Bangladesh High court questioned the legitimacy of qualifications to be a candidate. Her opponent in the election, Saiful Islam Liton, from the Bangladesh Nationalist Front filed a case against her on 8 June 2017. Liton had accused Afroz of pressuring the independent candidate, Syed Moazzem Hossain, into stepping down from the election through the usage of information obtained illegally from the Bangladesh Election Commission returning officer. [4] Independent election monitoring organisation, Election Working Group, also accused the poll of having large irregularities without naming anyone involved. [5]

Personal life

Afroz was married to Shawkat Hossain Hiron. Her husband was the President of Barisal City Awami League and Member of Parliament from Barisal-5. He was also a former Mayor of Barisal City. They have a son and a daughter together. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "List of 10th Parliament Members English". parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "AL's Afroz wins Barisal by-polls". The Daily Star. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Hiron's wife takes oath". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "HC questions Jebunnesa's election as MP". The Daily Star. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Barisal by-poll saw huge rigging: EWG". The Daily Star. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Awami League MP Hiron dies". archive.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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