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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jahanara Begum
| native_name = জাহানারা বেগম
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = [[Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Cultural Affairs]]
| term_start = 5 March 1991
| term_end = 24 November 1995
| constituency_MP1 = [[Rajbari-1]]
| term_start1 = 19 March 1996
| term_end1 = 30 March 1996
| predecessor1 = [[Kazi Keramat Ali]]
| successor1 = Kazi Keramat Ali
| office2 = Member of Parliament from the Women's Reserver Seat-22
| term_start2 = 5 March 1991
| term_end2 = 24 November 1995
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]], [[Bangladesh Nationalist Front|BNF]], [[Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh)|LDP]]
| birth_date = {{circa|11 February 1942}}
| birth_place = [[British Raj]]
| death_date = 24 July 2021
| death_place = [[Bashundhara Residential Area]]
}}

'''Jahanara Begum''' ({{circa|11 February 1942}} – 24 July 2021) was a Bangladeshi politician, a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Rajbari-1]] constituency and a [[Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Cultural Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=সাবেক মন্ত্রী অধ্যাপিকা জাহানারা বেগমের ইন্তেকাল|url=https://www.dhakapost.com/national/48681|access-date=24 July 2021|website=dhakapost.com|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Ex-state minister Prof Jahanara Begum passes away|url=https://unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/ex-state-minister-prof-jahanara-begum-passes-away/76023|url-status=live|access-date=24 July 2021|website=unb.com.bd|language=English}}</ref>

== Career ==
Begum served twice as the Minister of State for Culture and Adviser to the then Prime Minister [[Khaleda Zia]] on Primary Education and Mass Education.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bangladesh Ministers|url=https://guide2womenleaders.com/Bangladesh.htm|access-date=22 November 2020|website=guide2womenleaders.com}}</ref>

Begum was a member of the women's seat-22 in the 5th [[Jatiya Sangsad]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=List of 5th Jatiya Sangshad members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/5th.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917232851/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/5th.pdf|archive-date=17 September 2018|access-date=|website=[[Jatiya Sangshad]]|publisher=[[Government of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> She was elected a Member of Parliament from Rajbari-1 (Sadar-Goaland) constituency on 15 February 1996 in the Sixth Parliamentary Election on the nomination of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=List of 6th Jatiya Sangshad members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084544/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf|archive-date=17 September 2018|access-date=15 November 2020|website=[[Jatiya Sangshad]]|publisher=[[Government of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> She was the vice chairman of BNP.

Begum was the co-chairman of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Front]] (BNF). She previously served as Secretary General of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh)|Liberal Democratic Party]] (LDP).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=শেখ হাসিনার নেতৃত্বে নির্বাচনে যেতে চায় বিএনএ|url=https://samakal.com/politics/article/18091227/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%8F|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=22 November 2020|website=[[Samakal]]|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=বহিস্কৃত নেতার বিএনএফ বিলুপ্ত করার যোগ্যতা নেই: অধ্যাপিকা জাহানারা|url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/national/2013/09/23/17926|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=22 November 2020|website=[[Bangladesh Pratidin]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Begum, Jahanara}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Rajbari District]]
[[Category:6th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:5th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad]]
[[Category:Women government ministers of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:State Ministers of Cultural Affairs (Bangladesh)]]

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