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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician and lawyer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Member of Parliament
| name = Rumeen Farhana
| native_name = রুমিন ফারহানা
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Rumeen Farhana.jpg
| caption = Farhana in 2018
| order =
| constituency_MP1 = [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|11th Jatiya Sangsad members]] Reserved women seats-50
| parliament = Jatiya Sangsad
| term_start1 = 28 May 2019<ref>{{cite web |script-title=bn:বিনা প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় নির্বাচিত বিএনপির রুমিন ফারহানা |url= https://www.banglanews24.com/election-comission/news/bd/719244.details |website= banglanews24.com |language=bn |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1981|08|19}}<ref>{{cite web |title= Dhaka Bar Association |url= http://www.dhakabarassociation.com/view_member_personal_detail.php?detail=8604|website= dhakabarassociation.com |accessdate=10 June 2019}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Bijoynagar Upazila|Bijoynagar]], [[Brahmanbaria]], Bangladesh
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| father = [[Oli Ahad]]
| mother = Rashida Begum<ref name="dw bangla">{{cite news |script-title=bn:রুমিনের প্লট ও ডিসির খাস কামরা |url=https://www.dw.com/bn/রুমিনের-প্লট-ও-ডিসির-খাস-কামরা/a-50165035 |access-date=26 August 2019 |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |language=bn}}</ref>
| alma_mater = [[University of London]]
| profession = Lawyer
}}

''' Rumeen Farhana ''' (born 19 August 1981) is a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer and a member of parliament<ref>{{cite web |title= BNP's Rumeen takes oath|url= https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2019/06/09/bnp-s-rumeen-takes-oath |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= BNP's Rumeen takes oath as MP |url= http://www.newagebd.net/article/74770/bnps-rumeen-takes-oath-as-mp |work=New Age |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref> of [[Jatiya Sangsad]].<ref>{{cite web |title= List of 11th Parliament Members (Bangla) |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/bn/mps-bangla/members-of-parliament-bangla/current-mps-bangla/list-of-11th-parliament-members-bangla|website= parliament.gov.bd |accessdate=10 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= BNP's Rumeen Farhana takes oath, demands reelection |url= https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/bnp-mp-elect-rumeen-farhana-takes-oath-1754455 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Rumeen Farhana unofficially elected: EC secretariat |url= https://www.daily-sun.com/post/395855/Rumeen-Farhana-unofficially-elected:-EC-secretariat |work=Daily Sun |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:প্রথম দিনেই সংসদে উত্তাপ ছড়ালেন ব্যারিস্টার রুমিন ফারহানা |url=http://www.dailynayadiganta.com/parliament/416832/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE |work=The Daily Naya Diganta |language=bn |access-date= 12 June 2019}}</ref>

== Early life ==

Farhana was born in Islampur in [[Bijoynagar Upazila | Vijayanagar Upazila]] of [[Brahmanbaria District]]. Her father, [[Oli Ahad]] is a Bangladeshi politician. After completing secondary school from Holy Cross School and Higher Secondary from [[Viqarunnisa Noon School and College]], she completed her graduation in Law from [[University of London]]. Later she obtained Bar-at-Law from [[Lincoln's Inn]] of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-13|title=বিএনপির রাজনীতিতে রুমিন ফারহানার উত্থান কীভাবে? Rumin Farhana: How did he rise in BNP politics?|url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news-58898554|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-15|website=BBC News বাংলা|language=bn}}</ref>

== Career ==
Farhana is the central international affairs secretary of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP).<ref>{{cite news |title= Rumeen gets BNP's nomination for reserved seats |url= http://en.samakal.com/politics/article/1905132/%EF%BB%BFrumeen-gets-bnps-nomination-for-reserved-seats |work=Samakal |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref> As a barrister, she worked in the legal profession of the High Court of Bangladesh. In the Eleventh Jatiya Sangsad election, she represented the BNP<ref>{{cite news |title= BNP MP-elect Rumeen to be sworn-in Sunday |url= https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/parliament/2019/06/09/bnp-mp-elect-rumeen-to-be-sworn-in-today |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref> as the only female member of parliament of BNP.<ref>{{cite news |title= BNP names Barrister Rumeen Farhana for woman's parliamentary seat |url= https://bdnews24.com/politics/2019/05/20/bnp-names-barrister-rumeen-farhana-for-womans-parliamentary-seat |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= BNP names Rumeen Farhana for woman's parliamentary seat |url= https://english.kalerkantho.com/online/national/2019/05/20/22745 |work=Kaler Kantho |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:রুমিন ফারহানার মনোনয়ন বৈধ |url= https://www.ajkerpatrika.com/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%88/ |work=Ajker Patrika |language=bn |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Khaleda eligible for getting bail, BNP MP tells JS |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/news/khaleda-eligible-getting-bail-bnp-mp-tells-js-1755553 |work=The Daily Star |access-date= 12 June 2019}}</ref> Due to widespread irregularities in the 2018 Bangladeshi elections,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/07/the-world-should-be-watching-bangladeshs-election-debacle-sheikh-hasina/|title=The World Should Be Watching Bangladesh's Election Debacle|last=Ganguly|first=Sumit|website=Foreign Policy|language=en-US|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/deeper-bangladesh-election-190101225409342.html|title=A deeper look at the Bangladesh election|last=Rabbee|first=Shafquat |work=Al Jazeera |access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> Rumeen was one of only seven members of parliament from BNP, which was the main opposition party of Bangladesh until 2014, and one of two major political parties in the democratic era of Bangladesh from 1991–2014,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Maniruzzaman|first=Talukder|date=1992|title=The Fall of the Military Dictator: 1991 Elections and the Prospect of Civilian Rule in Bangladesh|journal=Pacific Affairs|volume=65|issue=2|pages=203–224|doi=10.2307/2760169|jstor=2760169|issn=0030-851X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/01/violent-bangladesh-poll-not-credible-201417153340105129.html|title=Violent Bangladesh poll 'not credible'|last=Chowdhury|first=Syed Tashfin |work=Al Jazeera |access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> until persecution of opposition leaders<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/govt-takes-hardline-5882|title=Govt takes hardline |date=8 January 2014 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> and incarceration of the former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/08/bangladesh-opposition-leader-zia-prison-year|title=Bangladesh Opposition Leader Zia in Prison a Year |date=8 February 2019 |website=Human Rights Watch |access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> seriously debilitated the party.

Farhana is a member of the Dhaka Lawyers Association.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:ব্যারিস্টার রুমিন ফারহানা |url= https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/national/2019/05/20/771538|work=Kaler Kantho |language=bn |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref> She is also known as a Bangladeshi writer and journalist, law and politics.

In 2019, Farhana sought allotment of a 10 katha plot in Dhaka's [[Purbachal New Town | Purbachal]] from the government. Any member of the parliament can apply for such an allotment, however her application was leaked from the ministry, which Rumeen speculated was deliberately done by the ministry because of her position as a member of the opposition party.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2019/08/25/why-only-me-bnp-mp-rumeen-asks-as-her-land-application-goes-viral|title=Why only me? BNP MP Rumeen asks as her land application goes viral |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
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* Amader Rojanamacha<ref>{{cite web |script-title=bn:আমাদের রোজনামচা (হার্ডকভার) |url= http://www.rokomari.com/book/158501/amader-rojnamcha|website= rokomari.com |language=bn |access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref>

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