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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = Jebunnesa Afroz<br />
|office = Member of Parliament<br />
|constituency_MP = [[Barisal-5]]<br />
|term_start = 22 June 2014<br />
|term_end = 29 December 2018<br />
|predecessor = <br />
|successor = <br />
|birth_date = <br />
|birth_place = [[Barisal]]<br />
|spouse = [[Shawkat Hossain Hiron]]<br />
|party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Jebunnesa Afroz''' is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and Member of Parliament in the 10th session of the parliament.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of 10th Parliament Members English|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english|website=parliament.gov.bd|accessdate=14 November 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref> She was elected from [[Barisal-5]].<ref>{{cite news|title=AL's Afroz wins Barisal by-polls|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/als-afroz-wins-barisal-by-polls-28737|accessdate=14 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|date=16 June 2014|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Afroz was married to [[Shawkat Hossain Hiron]]. He was a politician of Bangladesh Awami League and Member of Parliament from Barisal-5 constituency of [[Barisal District]]. He died on 9 April 2014 and left the seat of Barisal-5 vacant. A by-election was declared for the constituency for which she announced her candidacy. She won the nomination of [[Bangladesh Awami League]]. She won the election on 15 June 2014. She received about 183 thousand votes compared to her opponent who received about six thousand votes, winning by a landslide. She was sworn in office on 22 June 2014 by the [[Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury]], the speaker of the parliament in the speakers office.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hiron’s wife takes oath|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/06/22/hirons-wife-takes-oath|accessdate=14 November 2017|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref><br />
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On 8 July 2014 [[Bangladesh High court]] questioned the legitimacy of qualifications to be a candidate. Her opponent in the election, [[Saiful Islam Liton]], from the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Front]] filed a case against her on 8 June 2017. Liton had accused Afroz of pressuring the independent candidate, Syed Moazzem Hossain, into stepping down from the election through the usage of information obtained illegally from the [[Bangladesh Election Commission]] returning officer.<ref>{{cite news|title=HC questions Jebunnesa's election as MP|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/hc-questions-jebunnesas-election-as-mp-32316|accessdate=14 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|date=8 July 2014|language=en}}</ref> Independent election monitoring organisation, Election Working Group, also accused the poll of having large irregularities without naming anyone involved.<ref>{{cite news|title=Barisal by-poll saw huge rigging: EWG|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/barisal-by-poll-saw-huge-rigging-ewg-29099|accessdate=14 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|date=18 June 2014|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Afroz was married to Shawkat Hossain Hiron. Her husband was the President of Barisal City Awami League and Member of Parliament from Barisal-5. He was also a former Mayor of [[Barisal City]]. They have a son and a daughter together.<ref>{{cite news|title=Awami League MP Hiron dies|url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/apr/10/awami-league-mp-hiron-dies|accessdate=14 November 2017|work=archive.dhakatribune.com|publisher=Dhaka Tribune|language=en}}</ref><br />
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