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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Merina Rahman
|native_name = মেরিনা রহমান
|office = Member of Parliament from Reserved Women's Seat
|term_start = January 2014
|term_end = January 2019
|term_start1 = October 2001
|term_end1 = October 2006
|nationality = Bangladeshi
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|10|18|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Comilla District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
|relatives = [[Hussain Mohammad Ershad|HM Ershad]], [[Mozammel Hossain Lalu|MH Lalu]], [[GM Quader]] (brothers)<br/>[[Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu]] (son-in-law)
|party = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]
|spouse = {{marriage|[[Asadur Rahman]]|1965|2006|end=his death}}
|children = {{unbulleted list|Mehe Zebunnesa Rahman|[[Ahsan Adelur Rahman]]}}

}}
'''Merina Rahman''' ({{lang-bn|মেরিনা রহমান}}; b. 18 October 1943) is a Bangladeshi [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] politician and a former [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from Reserved Women's Seat. She is the sister of former President of Bangladesh, [[Hussain Mohammad Ershad]].

==Early life and family==
Merina was born on 18 October 1943 in [[Comilla District]], [[Bangladesh]]. She belongs to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family with ancestral roots in [[Dinhata]], present-day [[India]]. Her parents were Maqbul Hossain and Majida Khatun.<ref name=gm-quader-bio>{{Cite web |url=http://gmquader.com/গোলাম-মোহাম্মদ-কাদের-জি-এ/ |script-title=bn:গোলাম মোহাম্মদ কাদের (জি এম কাদের)- এর জীবন বৃত্তান্ত |website=gmquader.com |access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> Maqbul was a lawyer and served as a minister of the erstwhile [[Cooch Behar State#Maharajas|Maharaja of Cooch Behar]].<ref name=gm-quader-bio/> Merina has eight siblings including the former [[President of Bangladesh]] [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Ghulam Muhammed Quader MP given charge to run JP |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=138547 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=15 May 2010}}</ref> banker [[Mozammel Hossain Lalu]] and politician [[GM Quader]].<ref name=gm-quader-bio/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/04/22/jatiya-party-presidium-member-bablu-marries-ershads-niece |title=Jatiya Party presidium member Bablu marries Ershad's niece |work=bdnews24.com |date=2017-04-22 |access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref><ref name=grave>{{Cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2014/09/06/ershad-wants-tomb-on-his-grave|title=Ershad wants tomb on his grave|website=bdnews24.com|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>

In 1965, she married Dr [[Asadur Rahman]] of [[Nilphamari District|Nilphamari]]. Their daughter Dr. Mehe Zebunnesa Rahman is the director of the BBA Program at [[North South University]] alongside being an Assistant Professor there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northsouth.edu/about/executive-leaders.html#six |title= Executive Leaders of North South University|publisher=North South University |date=22 July 2021 |website=North South University |access-date=July 24, 2021}}</ref> She is married to Jatiya Party Member of Parliament [[Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Jatiya Party presidium member Bablu to wed Ershad’s niece|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/04/12/jatiya-party-presidium-member-bablu-to-wed-ershads-niece|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> Merina's younger son, [[Ahsan Adelur Rahman]] has been serving as an elected [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)]] from the Nilphamari-4 constituency from [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] from 30 December 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jatiya Party MPs sworn in to parliament, Ershad to take oath later|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2019/01/03/jatiya-party-mps-sworn-in-to-parliament-ershad-to-take-oath-later|accessdate=24 July 2021|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>

==Career==
Rahman was elected to the reserved seats for women in parliament in 2005 as a candidate of Jatiya Party.<ref>{{cite news|title=Women MPs furnish 'dubious' info with EC|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/09/04/d5090401055.htm|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=archive.thedailystar.net|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref> In February 2006 she and five other Members of Parliament from the Jatiya Party attended parliament despite the Jatiya Party decision to boycott it over what they termed unfair treatment from the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament.<ref>{{cite news|title=JP's short JS boycott drama ends by BNP intervention|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/02/02/d60202011712.htm|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=archive.thedailystar.net|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref> She was part of the 2006 parliamentary delegation that visited the 114th Inter-Parliamentary Union conference in Kenya.<ref>{{cite news|title=Parliamentary team leaves for Kenya|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/2006/05/07/d605070623101.htm|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=archive.thedailystar.net|agency=UNB|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref> She was nominated to Parliament from the reserved seats for women as a candidate from the Jatiya Party in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Direct election to 100 reserved JS seats|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-79491|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|date=13 March 2009|language=en}}</ref> Her nomination was cancelled after the [[Bangladesh Election Commission]] found that the signature given was not authentic, due to an error on part of her sponsor.<ref>{{cite news|title=EC cancels 2nominations, clears 44|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-79882|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|date=16 March 2009|language=en}}</ref> She was re-elected to the parliament from a reserved seat in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jatiya Party presidium member Bablu marries Ershad’s niece|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/04/22/jatiya-party-presidium-member-bablu-marries-ershads-niece|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Contact an MP|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/get-involved/contact-an-mp|website=parliament.gov.bd|publisher=Bangladesh Parliament|accessdate=19 November 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref> She is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on [[Ministry of Environment and Forest (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Environment and Forest]].<ref>{{cite news|title=JS body for legal actions against hill cutting|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/arcprint/details/38056/2016-03-22|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=theindependentbd.com|publisher=The Independent}}</ref> She was part of a parliamentary probe committee formed on 20 March 2016 to look into recruitment activities related to the Climate change Trust.<ref>{{cite news|title=JS body for legal actions against hill cutting|url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=562118&date=2016-03-20|accessdate=19 November 2017|work=bssnews.net|publisher=BSS|language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:People from Cooch Behar district]]
[[Category:20th-century Bengalis]]
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