Shamsun Nahar | |
|---|---|
শামসুন নাহার | |
| State Minister of Education | |
| In office 1 March 2024 –6 August 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Minister | Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury |
| Preceded by | Kazi Keramat Ali |
| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Reserved Women's Seat-13 | |
| In office 20 February 2019 –6 August 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 29,1957 [1] |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Spouse | Abdur Rashid Bhuiya |
| Relations | Abdur Razzaque (brother) |
| Education | HSc [1] |
Shamsun Nahar or Shamshun Nahar Chapa (born 1 June 1958) [2] is a politician of the Bangladesh Awami League. She was elected to the 11th Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh representing Tangail District on a reserved seat category for women. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Chapa served as the state minister for education from 1 March 2024 until 6 August 2024. [9]
Shamsun Nahar was born at Tangail district.[ citation needed ] Chapa's father's name was Kasim Uddin Ahmed,a chairman of a village of Tangail,and her mother's name was Hamida Begum. Her brother,Abdur Razzaque,was a minister of agriculture. [9] She was the general secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League unit of Shamsunnahar Hall while studying at the University of Dhaka. [9]
Chapa retired from the National Institute of Mass Communication on 1 January 2016. [9]
Nahar is an Awami League politician of Bangladesh. She was elected without competition among 49 others as 11th Jatiya Sangsad Member on the women's reserve seat-13. [10] The speaker of the house Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury took her oath as a member on 20 February 2019. [11] [12] [13] [14]
She is the Education and Human Resource Affairs Secretary of the Awami League. [8]