Sharifa Quader is a Bangladeshi politician who is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from the reserved women's seat-45.[1][2]

Sharifa Quader
শেরীফা কাদের
Member of Parliament
for Reserved women's seats-45
Assumed office
1 November 2021
Preceded byMasuda M Rashid Chowdhury
Personal details
BornLalmonirhat
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyJatiya Party (Ershad)
SpouseGM Quader
RelationsMahfuz Ahmed (son-in-law)

Career

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Quader is advisor to the chairman of Jatiya Party, president of Jatiya Sanskritik Party and president of Lalmonirhat district Jatiya Party.[citation needed]

On 13 September 2021, Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury, a Jatiya Sangsad member from the reserved women's seat-45 of the 11th National Assembly died in office. In the by-election of this vacant seat, on 1 November, Quader was nominated without a contest.[3][1]

She lost in the 2024 Bangladeshi general election in Dhaka-18 constituency to an independent candidate Md Khosru Chowdhury by a huge margin. She bagged only 6,555 votes with the 'plough' symbol and came third in the seat.[4]

Personal life

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Quader is married to GM Quader, the current chairman of Jatiya Party. Her daughter Ishrat Jahan Quader's husband is actor Mahfuz Ahmed.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Newly elected MP Sharifa Quader takes oath". Dhaka Tribune. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "MP Sharifa Quader takes oath - National - observerbd.com". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব. "সাংসদ হিসেবে শপথ নিলেন শেরীফা কাদের". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. ^ "GM Quader's wife Sharifa loses to Khosru Chowdhury". The Business Standard. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.