Shamima Akter Khanam

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Shamima Akhter Khanam
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
In office
2019–2024
Personal details
Political party Bangladesh Awami League

Shamima Akhter Khanam, also known as Shamima Shahriar, is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of the Bangladesh Parliament. She came from "reserved seat" (Sunamganj, Sylhet).

Career

Khanam was the female vice chairman of Jamalganj Upazila Parishad, and as of 2019 is human resources secretary of the Awami Krishak League. [1]

Khanam sought the Awami League nomination for constituency Sunamganj-1 in the 2018 Bangladeshi general election. [2] Unable to secure that nomination, she was one of 12 women who sought the party's nomination for one of the two reserved seats for women representing the Sylhet Division. [3] She was elected to parliament from a reserved seat as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2019. [4]

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Khanam was arrested in May 2025. [5]

References

  1. ↑ সুনামগঞ্জ থেকে মহিলা সংসদ সদস্য হচ্ছেন শামিমা শাহরিয়ার [Shamima Shahriar is the female MP from Sunamganj]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 9 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Sunamganj 1 constituency: Awami League divided over nomination, BNP stable". Dhaka Tribune. 24 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "12 female contenders vying for 2 reserved seats in Sylhet division". Dhaka Tribune. 14 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Aroma, Suborna to become MP as Awami League names 41 for reserved seats". bdnews24.com. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য শামীমা ও সাবেক প্রধানমন্ত্রীর সহকারী প্রেস সচিব আশরাফ সিদ্দিকী কারাগারে". Prothomalo (in Bengali). 12 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
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