Selina Hayat Ivy

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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Salina Hayat Ivy
| native_name = সেলিনা হায়াৎ আইভী
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Selina Hayat Ivy at US Embassy Dhaka 4th July celebration.png
| caption = Ivy in 2022
| office = 1st [[Mayor of Narayanganj]]
|appointer =
| predecessor = ''Post Established''
| deputy = Afroza Hasan Bibha<br />({{small|Panel Mayor}})
| term_start = 5 May 2011
| term_end =
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|6|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Narayanganj]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| father = Ali Ahmed Chunka
| mother = Mamataj Begum
| alma_mater = [[Odessa National Medical University]]
| profession = Politician
| awards = [[Anannya Top Ten Awards]] (2016)
}}
'''Salina Hayat Ivy''' (born 5 June 1966)<ref name=bio>{{Cite web|title=নারায়ণগঞ্জ সিটি কর্পোরেশন|url=http://ncc.portal.gov.bd/site/page/95625253-5807-4f7c-a98d-8782fac492c9|access-date=2021-01-04|website=http|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.ncc.org.bd/ |title=Official website (for name spelling) |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725013114/http://www.ncc.org.bd/ |archive-date=2015-07-25 }}</ref> is a Bangladeshi politician, physician, and the first and incumbent mayor of [[Narayanganj City Corporation]].<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:খবর - নারায়ণগঞ্জ সিটির প্রথম মেয়র আইভী |url=http://www.bbc.com/bengali/news/2011/10/111031_fp_nganj_result.shtml |work=BBC Bangla|language=bn|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/04/08/slain-school-boy-twaki-s-father-seeks-arrest-of-shamim-osman-s-nephew|title=Slain school boy Twaki's father seeks arrest of Shamim Osman's nephew|website=bdnews24.com|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/03/31/narayanganj-mayor-ivy-spends-night-at-police-station-to-get-contractor-released|title=Narayanganj Mayor Ivy spends night at police station to get contractor released|website=bdnews24.com|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref> Ivy has been given the status of State Minister on 8 August 2022 along with the Mayor of Chattragram.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.banglatribune.com/country/news/260413/|script-title=bn:উপমন্ত্রীর পদমর্যাদা পেলেন মেয়র আইভী |work=Bangla Tribune|access-date=2017-11-08|language=bn}}</ref> She won third time as the Mayor in the Narayanganj City Corporation election in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Report|first=Star Digital|date=2021-12-03|title=Selina Hayat Ivy gets AL ticket for Narayanganj City Corporation polls|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/politics/news/selina-hayat-ivy-gets-al-ticket-narayanganj-city-corporation-polls-2908966|access-date=2021-12-07|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Selina Hayat Ivy was born on 6 June 1966 in a political family of [[Narayanganj District]]. Her father was former Narayanganj municipal chairman Ali Ahmed Chunka <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-208613|title=V for Ivy|date=2011-10-31|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-11-08|language=en}}</ref> and her mother was Momtaz Begum. Ivy is the first child among the five children. She started her education from Deovogh Akhra Primary School. Later om, she was admitted to Narayanganj Preparatory School and she studied up to the sixth grade. Then she was admitted to Morgan Girls' High School. She got junior scholarship in 1979 and passed her secondary school certificate examination in 1982. Then she joined the [[Odessa National Medical University]] in 1985 for a scholarship to the Russian government and took medical degree with merit in 1992. Later, in 1992-93, she completed her intern at [[Mitford Hospital]]. Ivy worked as an Honorary doctor in Midwest Hospital in 1993-94 after her long education, and in Narayanganj 200-bed hospital for 1994–95. Previously, she had also run the municipality for eight years from 2003. She is affiliated with the [[Awami League]].

== Career ==
In 1993, Ivy was the health and environmental affairs officer of Narayanganj City Awami League. Her active political career began in 2003 by participating in the municipal chairman election. In 2003, she was elected the Chairperson of Narayanganj Municipality and elected the first female chairperson of Narayanganj Municipality. Presently, she is the vice-president of Narayanganj City Awami League. She is the founder president of Ali Ahmad Chunka Foundation and Narayanganj Heart Foundation. She is also in charge of the convening of Narayanganj district of Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad.<ref>{{cite news|title='Historical conflict': Chunka family vs Osman family|url=http://en.poriborton.com/bangladesh/3245/%E2%80%98Historical-conflict%E2%80%99:-Chunka-family-vs-Osman-family|access-date=20 December 2016|agency=poriborton.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2011/10/31/ivy-becomes-first-woman-mayor|title=Ivy becomes the first woman mayor|date=31 October 2011|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Anannya Top Ten Awards]] (2015)

==References==
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[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Narayanganj District]]
[[Category:Odesa National Medical University alumni]]
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:Mayors of Narayanganj]]
[[Category:Women mayors of places in Bangladesh]]

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