Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury | |
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শিরীন শারমিন চৌধুরী | |
Chaudhury in 2012 | |
12th Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad | |
In office 30 April 2013 – 6 August 2024 | |
Deputy | |
Preceded by | Shawkat Ali (acting) |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 29 January 2014 – 6 August 2024 | |
Preceded by | Abul Kalam Azad |
Constituency | Rangpur-6 |
In office 25 January 2009 – 24 January 2014 | |
Succeeded by | Waseqa Ayesha Khan |
Constituency | Reserved Women's Seat-31 |
Chair of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association | |
In office October 2014 – November 2017 | |
Preceded by | Alan Haselhurst |
Succeeded by | Emilia Monjowa Lifaka |
Minister of State for Women and Children Affairs | |
In office 6 January 2009 – 30 April 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Rasheda K Chowdhury |
Succeeded by | Meher Afroz Chumki |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Noakhali, East Pakistan, Pakistan | 6 October 1966
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Spouse | Syed Ishtiaque Hossain |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | |
Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (born 6 October 1966) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the first female speaker of the Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad since April 2013 until August 2024.[2][3] At 46, she became the youngest person to assume that office.[3] She was also the chairperson of the executive committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association between 2014 and 2017. She previously served as the state minister of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs of Bangladesh.[4]