Shamsun Nahar

Shamsun Nahar
শামসুন নাহার
Nahar at Eden Mohila College, Dhaka (2024)
Minister of State for Education
In office
1 March 2024 – 6 August 2024
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byKazi Keramat Ali
Succeeded byBobby Hajjaj
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Reserved Women's Seat-13
In office
20 February 2019 – 6 August 2024
Personal details
Born (1957-05-29) 29 May 1957[1]
PartyBangladesh Awami League
SpouseAbdur Rashid Bhuiya
RelationsAbdur Razzaque (brother)
EducationHSc[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]

Early life

Shamsun Nahar was born at Tangail district. 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]


Career

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Constituency 313_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Member profile". Bangladesh Government. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Acts of Parliament" ১১তম সংসদের সদস্যবৃন্দ. Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). 21 February 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ সংরক্ষিত নারী আসনে ৪৯ জন বিনা প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় নির্বাচিত. Samakal (in Bengali). 16 February 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. ^ সংরক্ষিত নারী আসনে বিনা প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় এমপি ৪৯ জন. Kaler Kantho. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  6. ^ শপথ নিলেন সংরক্ষিত নারী এমপিরা. Ekushey TV (in Bengali). 20 February 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  7. ^ "50 MPs elected to reserved women's seats take oath". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  8. ^ a b "JS reserved seats for women: AL finalises its 48 nominees". The Daily Star. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d "Shamsun Nahar becoming state minister for education". Somoy TV. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  10. ^ বিনা প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় নারী আসনের ৪৯ এমপি নির্বাচিত. Priyo.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  11. ^ বাংলাদেশ গেজেট, অতিরিক্ত, জানুয়ারি ১, ২০১৯ (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 1 January 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  12. ^ সংরক্ষিত নারী আসনে এমপি হলেন যারা. Jugantor (in Bengali). Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  13. ^ শপথ নিলেন সংরক্ষিত নারী আসনের ৪৯ এমপি. Dhaka Tribune (in Bengali). 20 February 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  14. ^ সংরক্ষিত আসন থেকে যারা এমপি হলেন. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.