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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Selina Jahan Lita
|office = Member of Parliament
|term_start = January 2014
|term_end =
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|successor =
|birth_date = 1970
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|party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
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'''Selina Jahan Lita''' is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and Member of Parliament.

==Biography==
Lita was born in 1960 in Sandharoi, [[Ranisankail Upazila|Ranisankail]], [[Thakurgaon District]], [[East Pakistan]], [[Pakistan]]. Her father was [[Ali Akbar (politician)|Ali Akbar]]. Ali was an organiser of Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971 and a former Member of Parliament of Bangladesh. In 1999 Selina graduated from [[University of Rajshahi]] after completing her M.A. and joined the [[Bikrampur K.B Degree College]] as a lecturer of Bengali language. In 2009 she was elected Ranisankail Upazila Vice-Chairman and in 2014 she was re-elected Vice-Chairman. She was also the President of Thakurgaon District Mohila League, the women's wing of Bangladesh Awami League. She was nominated to the reserved seats for women in Bangladesh Parliament by Bangladesh Awami League in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Selina Jahan Lita nominated as Woman MP |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/6375/selina-jahan-lita--nominated-as-woman-mp.html |access-date=19 November 2017 |work=The New Nation |language=en}}</ref>

Lita was sworn into office on 23 March 2014 along with 47 other MPs from the reserved seats by Speaker of the Parliament [[Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury]].<ref>{{cite news|title=48 female MPs’-elect take oath|url=http://www.banglanews24.com/national/article/17928/48-female-MPs-elect-take-oath|access-date=19 November 2017|work=banglanews24.com|language=en}}</ref> The 48 candidates were elected unopposed to the Parliament of Bangladesh from the reserved seats for women.<ref>{{cite news|title=48 female MPs elected unopposed|url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/mar/19/48-female-mps-elected-unopposed|access-date=19 November 2017|work=Dhaka Tribune|language=en}}</ref> She is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the [[Ministry of Water Resources (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Water Resources]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Re-excavate canals before monsoon: JS body|url=http://www.newagebd.net/print/article/20560|access-date=19 November 2017|work=New Age|language=en}}</ref> On 22 December 2015 she attended the National Policy on Older Persons-2013 roundtable that discussed the national policy on senior citizens and its implementation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Senior citizens still waiting for protection in practice|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/senior-citizens-still-waiting-protection-practice-190813|access-date=19 November 2017|work=The Daily Star|date=22 December 2015|language=en}}</ref> She was injured along with her chauffeur after her car crashed into a tree after swerving to avoid a pedestrian near [[Pundra University of Science and Technology]] on Dhaka-Rangpur highway on 18 March 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Two cousins killed, MP hurt in road accidents|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/37658|access-date=19 November 2017|work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

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[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad]]
[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:People from Thakurgaon District]]
[[Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians]]

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