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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=Selima Rahman
|native_name=সেলিমা রহমান
|native_name_lang=bn
|office=[[Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Cultural Affairs]]
|term_start=10 October 2001
|term_end=28 October 2006
|predecessor=[[Obaidul Quader]]
|office2=Member of Parliament of Reserved Women's Seat-27
|term_start2 = 10 October 2001
|term_end2 = 28 October 2001
|predecessor2 = [[Panna Kaiser]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of 7th Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-7th-parliament-members-bangla|access-date=2020-10-01|website=www.parliament.gov.bd}}</ref>
|party=[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
|successor2 = Begum Ruby Rahman <ref>{{Cite web|title=List of 9th Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla|access-date=2020-10-01|website=www.parliament.gov.bd}}</ref>
|nationality=Bangladeshi
|father=[[Abdul Jabbar Khan]]
|relatives={{unbulleted list|[[Sadek Khan]] (brother)|[[A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan]] (brother)|[[Abu Zafar Obaidullah]] (brother)|[[Rashed Khan Menon]] (brother)}}
}}

'''Selima Rahman''' is a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP) politician. She served as a State Minister at the [[Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Cultural Affairs]] of the [[Government of Bangladesh]] during 2001–2006.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://m.gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/representation-of-women-reduced-to-half-1.427101 | title=Representation of women reduced to half | publisher=Gulf News | date=October 14, 2001 | accessdate=October 15, 2016}}</ref>

==Background==
Rahman is the daughter of justice [[Abdul Jabbar Khan]], a former speaker of the [[Pakistan National Assembly]]. Her siblings include journalist and columnist [[Sadek Khan]], poet [[Abu Zafar Obaidullah]], journalist and government minister [[A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan]], government minister [[Rashed Khan Menon]], architect Sultan M. Khan, photographer Allen Khan and the publisher of ''[[New Age (Bangladesh)|New Age]]'', Shahidullah Khan Badal.<ref>{{cite news |last=Halim |first=Anwar Parvez |accessdate=October 15, 2016|date=March 19, 2005 |title=All in the family |url=http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=5384 |newspaper=Probe News Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404070230/http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=5384 |archive-date=April 4, 2010}}</ref>

==Career==
Rahman served as the joint secretary general and vice-chairman of BNP.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/selima-rahman-picked-up-5818 | title=Selima Rahman picked up | publisher=The Daily Star | date=January 7, 2014 | accessdate=October 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-30527 | title=Govt out to tarnish Zia family's image | publisher=The Daily Star | date=April 3, 2008 | accessdate=October 15, 2016}}</ref>

Rahman was arrested several times during her political career — in April 2012 under section 54 of the Criminal Procedure Code,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-231443 | title=Sylhet violence leaves 2 dead | publisher=The Daily Star | date=April 24, 2012 | accessdate=October 15, 2016}}</ref> in December 2013,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/3-bnp-leaders-freed-after-detention-4662 | title=3 BNP leaders freed after detention | publisher=The Daily Star | date=December 30, 2013 | accessdate=October 15, 2016}}</ref> in January 2014 for the Ramna Police Station arson case,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/bnp-leader-selima-released-7193 | title=BNP leader Selima released | publisher=The Daily Star | date=January 17, 2014 | accessdate=October 15, 2016}}</ref> in August 2015 for assaulting police<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/arrest-warrant-against-bnps-selima-rahman-132664 | title=Arrest warrant against BNP's Selima Rahman | publisher=The Daily Star | date=August 26, 2015 | accessdate=October 15, 2016}}</ref> and in September 2016 for an arson attack on a bus.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/arrest-order-bnps-selima-rahman-66-others-1271146 | title=Arrest order for BNP’s Selima Rahman, 66 others | publisher=The Daily Star | date=August 17, 2016 | accessdate=October 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/pallabi-arson-arrest-warrant-selima-1287910 | title=Pallabi arson: Arrest warrant for Selima, 13 others | publisher=The Daily Star | date=September 22, 2016 | accessdate=October 15, 2016}}</ref>

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