Ummi Farzana Sattar

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Ummy Farzana Sattar
উম্মি ফরজানা ছাত্তার
Member of Parliament
for Reserved women's seat-21
In office
28 February 2024 –6 August 2024
Personal details
Born (1984-02-09) 9 February 1984 (age 41)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political party Awami League
Alma mater University of London
OccupationPolitician and lawyer

Ummy Farzana Sattar (born 9 February 1984) [1] is a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Reserved Women's Seat-21 for Mymensingh District. [2] [3] In 2024, she was a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Law Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. [4]

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Early life and education

Barristar Farzana Sattar was born on 9 February 1984 in Dhaka. Her father, veteran Freedom Fighter Abdus Sattar was a member of the parliament two times and the former Commerce and Industry Affairs Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League. [5]

Farzana has completed L.L.B. Honours from the University of London, LLM from the City University of London and Barrister-at-Law.[ citation needed ]

Career

Farzana was called to the Bar of England and Wales. After completing Barrister-at-Law, she returned to Bangladesh and became member of Bangladesh Bar Council in 2010 and enrolled as an advocate of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. She was senior associate of Barrister Tanjib-Ul-Alam from 2010 to 2016. She is an activist on human rights issues, women's empowerment and works on elimination of all forms of discrimination against Women. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "UMMY FARZANA SATTAR". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "50 MPs elected to reserved women's seats take oath". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "JS reserved seats for women: AL finalises its 48 nominees". The Daily Star. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Hon'ble Members of Standing Committee on Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs". Bangladesh Parliament.
  5. ↑ বাবার হাত ধরে রাজনীতিতে, এখন সংসদের পথে ফারজানা ছাত্তার. Sara Bangla (in Bengali). 15 February 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  6. ↑ ময়মনসিংহে সংরক্ষিত আসনে মনোনয়ন পেয়েছেন ব্যারিস্টার ফারজানা ছাত্তার. Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Retrieved 30 March 2024.
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