Momotaj Begum

Momotaj Begum
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
In office
10 April 2014 – 30 December 2018
Personal details
PartyBangladesh Awami League

Momotaj Begum (Bengali: মমতাজ বেগ) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of the Bangladesh Parliament from a reserved seat.

Early life

Begum was born on 1 January 1963. She graduated with a law degree and worked as an advocate.[1]

Career

She was the female vice chairman of Bhola Sadar Upazila Parishad in 2010.[2]

Begum was elected to parliament from a reserved seat as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2014.[3] She was a member of the parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Shipping. She sought unsuccessfully to retain her seat in the 2018 Bangladeshi general election.[2]

As of 2019, she was president of the Bhola District branch of the Bangladesh Mohila Awami League.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "MOMOTAJ BEGUM ADV. -মমতাজ বেগম এডভোকেট". Amarmp. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 সংরক্ষিত নারী এমপি হতে ভোলার ৫ নারী নেত্রীর দৌড়-ঝাঁপ [5 female leaders from Bhola vie to become reserved women MPs]. bholanews24.com (in Bengali). 13 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "MOMOTAJ BEGUM ADV. -মমতাজ বেগম এডভোকেট History". Amarmp. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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