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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Raihan Akhter Banu Roni
|native_name=রায়হান আখতার বানু রনি
| image =
| caption = Raihan Akhtar Banu at Australian Parliament House in Canberra
| constituency_MP = [[Jatiyo Sangshad|Bangladesh Parliament]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://bdaffairs.com/members-of-8th-parliament-of-bangladesh/|title=Bangladesh Affairs – Member's of 8th Parliament of Bangladesh|website=bdaffairs.com|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref>
| term_start = [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|10 October 2001]]
| term_end = 28 October 2006
| birth_date={{birth date|df=yes|1952|1|11}}
| primeminister = [[Khaleda Zia]]
| birth_place = [[Naogaon]], [[Rajshahi Division]], Bangladesh
| residence = [[Naogaon]], Bangladesh
| nationality = [[Bangladeshi people|Bangladeshi]]
| education = Bachelor of Science
| alma_mater = [[University of Rajshahi]]
| occupation = Politician and social worker
|party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP) (1990– Till date)
|otherparty = [[Bangladesh Chhatra League]](Before 1972)
|spouse= Late Mohiuddin Ahmed (m.1970– 2000 his death)
|relatives=[[Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin]](cousin) Late [[Khoda Box Mridha]] (uncle)
}}

'''Raihan Akhter Banu''' (Nickname: Roni; {{lang-bn|রায়হান আখতার বানু}}, born 11 January 1952) is an ex [[Member of Parliament (MP)|Member of Parliament]]<ref name=":0"/><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-8th-parliament-members-bangla |title=List of 8th Parliament Members|website=Bangladesh Parliament|access-date=21 February 2017}}</ref> of Bangladesh and an active Political leader of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]](BNP). She started her political career as a student leader of the then East Pakistan Student League that is currently known as [[Bangladesh Chhatra League]] (বাংলাদেশ ছাত্র লীগ). As an organiser, she actively took part in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] in 1971. She was elected as a member of parliament ([[Member of the Jatiyo Sangshad]]) of Bangladesh in the [[8th Parliament]] on the nomination of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP).<ref name="mp">{{cite news |title= BNP picks 30 for women's reserved seats |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/26/d5082601119.htm |newspaper= [[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |location=Dhaka |date= 26 August 2005}}</ref> She falls in the list of both 20th-century women politicians and 21st-century women politicians, as she started her politics in 1969 and became an [[Member of parliament|MP]] in 2004.

== Early life and education ==
Raihan Akhter Banu was born to Rowshan Ara and Abdur Rahman Mondal at 'Chalkdev Para' area of [[Naogaon|Naogaon Town]] in [[Naogaon District]]. She completed her [[Secondary School Certificate]](SSC) examination from the Central Girls' High School of Naogaon under [[Rajshahi Board]]. She appeared in [[Higher Secondary|Higher Secondary Certificate]] (HSC) examination from the Naogaon Govt. BMC Women's College. Raihan Akhter Banu Roni received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[Rajshahi University]]. Her father was a prominent person of the town. Her paternal Uncle Late Khan Mohammad Basir Uddin Mondal was a politician of the then [[All-India Muslim League]] and the then [[Pakistan Muslim League]]. Her paternal grandfather Late Zarif Modal was a landlord and rich person of the district. Her elder brother Late Mokhlesur Rahman Raja was a veteran [[freedom fighter]] of [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] and a former leader of [[Awami League]](before 1974) and [[Jatiyo Samajtrantic Dal]] (JSD)(after 1974 to 1984).

Late Kasir Uddin Mridha of Rajshahi, a veteran leader of the then [[All-India Muslim League]] of [[Rajshahi]] in [[British India]], was her maternal grandfather. Her maternal uncle Late [[Khoda Box Mridha]] was a famous sports personality of the country.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Mridha, Khoda Box|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Mridha,_Khoda_Box |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Sultana |editor2-first=Sara|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> [[Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin]], a British life peer and community activist of Bangladeshi descent, is a cousin of Raihan Akhter Banu.

== Early political career ==

Raihan Akhter Banu (Roni) started her political career at the age of 16 while she was a student of class 11 (Intermediate or HSC level). She followed her elder brother's footsteps in politics and became a member of the then [[East Pakistan Students' League]], currently known as [[Bangladesh Chhatra League]](বাংলাদেশ ছাত্র লীগ), a sister organisation of [[Awami League]] party. She was elected as Secretary of her Naogaon Govt. BMC Women's College Students' Union at the age of 17 years in 1969.

== Marriage and Liberation War of Bangladesh ==

Raihan Akhter married a veteran Language Fighter of 1952 and well known leftist leader of Bangladesh [[Mohiuddin Ahmed]]. As a freedom fighter of battle field, her elder brother joined the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] and her husband took part as an organiser. She also took part in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] of 1971, as an organiser. To organise, in June 1971 she went to [[Murshidabad]] of [[West Bengal]] and later on to [[Kolkata]].

== Motherhood and sabbatical from politics ==

After Bangladesh achieved her independence, Mrs. Raihan Akhter Banu took a long sabbatical from politics. She completed her Bachelor of Arts from the [[university of Rajshahi]] in 1972. She became mother of two sons and a daughter. She spent almost 20 years of her life rearing her children. She again started her political career in late 1990.

== Politics after 1990 ==
Raihan Akhter Banu was involved in an anti-autocratic regime movement of 1990 and later she participated in political programmes.

== Member of Parliament and afterwards ==

In recent years Raihan Akhter has been active in both national politics and [[Naogaon District]] BNP politics.<ref name="protest">{{cite news |script-title=bn:নওগাঁয় কালো পতাকা মিছিল করেছে কেন্দ্রীয় মহিলা দল |url=http://janatarnews24.com/detail.php?sid=%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%80&id=6533 |newspaper= [[Janatar News 24.com]] |location=Naogaon|date= March 2016 |language=bn}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Naogaon District]]
[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi women politicians]]
[[Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad]]
[[Category:University of Rajshahi alumni]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians]]

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