Salina Hayat Ivy | |
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সেলিনা হায়াৎ আইভী | |
![]() Salina Hayat Ivy | |
1st Mayor of Narayanganj | |
Assumed office 5 May 2011 | |
Deputy | Abdul Karim Babu |
Preceded by | Post Established |
Personal details | |
Born | Narayanganj,Bangladesh,Bangladesh | 5 June 1966
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Spouse | Kazi Ahsan Hayat |
Children | Shadman Kazi (son) Sharjil Kazi (son) |
Parents |
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Alma mater | Odesa National Medical University Mitford Hospital |
Profession | Politician |
Awards | Anannya Top Ten Awards (2016) Bangla Academy Award (2022) |
Selina Hayat Ivy (born June 5) [1] [2] is a Bangladeshi politician, physician, and the first and current mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation. [3] [4] [5] Ivy is the first female mayor to hold office in Bangladesh. [6] She was given the status of State Minister on August 8, 2022, along with the Mayor of Chattragram. [7] She won her third term as mayor in the Narayanganj City Corporation election in 2022. [8]
Selina Hayat Ivy was born on June 6, 1966, in a political family in Narayanganj District. Her father was former Narayanganj municipal chairman Ali Ahmed Chunka [9] and her mother was Momtaz Begum. Ivy is the first child among the five children. She started her education at Dewvog Akhra Primary School. Later on, she was admitted to Narayanganj Preparatory School, where she studied up to the sixth grade. Then she was admitted to Morgan Girls' High School. She got a junior scholarship in 1979 and passed her secondary school certificate examination in 1982. Then she joined the Odesa National Medical University in 1985 on a scholarship from the Soviet government and earned a medical degree with merit in 1992. Later, in 1992–93, she completed her internship at Mitford Hospital. Ivy worked as an honorary doctor at Midwest Hospital in 1993–94 and in Narayanganj's 200-bed hospital in 1994–95. Previously, she had also run the municipality for eight years, beginning in 2003. She is affiliated with the Awami League.
In 1993, Ivy was the health and environmental affairs officer of the Narayanganj City Awami League. Her active political career began in 2003 when she participated in the municipal chairman election. In 2003, she was elected Chairperson of Narayanganj Municipality and became the first female Chairperson of Narayanganj Municipality. In 2011 She defeated Awami League-backed candidate and incumbent MP Shamim Osman by a margin of 120,000 votes to become the Narayanganj mayor for the first time. [10] She was re-elected in 2016 and again in 2022, each time securing a majority of the votes. In the 2016 mayoral election, Ivy received approximately 106,887 votes, which was about 44,000 votes more than her closest rival. Her 2022 re-election saw her winning with a vote count in the range of 159,057 to 161,273, surpassing her nearest competitor by a margin of approximately 66,000 to 69,000 votes. [11] [12] Her political rivalry with local Awami League Leader MP Shamim Osman is a well known issue. [13] [14] [15] Presently, she is the vice president of the Narayanganj City Awami League. She is the founder and president of the Ali Ahmad Chunka Foundation and the Narayanganj Heart Foundation. She is also in charge of the convening of the Narayanganj district of Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad. [16] [17]
Salina Hayat Ivy is married to Kazi Ahsan Hayat from New Zealand. They have two sons named Shadman Kazi and Sharjil Kazi. [1]
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