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	\| term_start = 1 May 2013		\| term_start = 1 May 2013
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	\| deputy = [[Fazle Rabbi Miah]]		\| deputy = [[Fazle Rabbi Miah]]
	\| predecessor = [[Shawkat Ali (politician)\|Shawkat Ali]] (acting)		\| predecessor = [[Shawkat Ali (politician)\|Shawkat Ali]] (acting)
	\| constituency_MP2 = [[Rangpur-6]]		\| constituency_MP2 = [[Rangpur-6]]
	\| term_start2 = January 2014		\| term_start2 = January 2014
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	\| predecessor2 = [[Abul Kalam Azad (politician, born 1950)\|Abul Kalam Azad]]		\| predecessor2 = [[Abul Kalam Azad (politician, born 1950)\|Abul Kalam Azad]]
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	\| term_end4 = 24 January 2014		\| term_end4 = 24 January 2014
	\| successor4 = [[Waseqa Ayesha Khan]]		\| successor4 = [[Waseqa Ayesha Khan]]
	\| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]		\| party =[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] 2014 before [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
	\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1966\|10\|6\|df=~~yes~~}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1966\|10\|6\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Noakhali]], [[East Pakistan]] (~~Current~~ [[Bangladesh]])		\| birth_place = [[Noakhali]], [[East Pakistan]] (Currently [[Bangladesh]])
	\| nationality = Bangladeshi		\| nationality = Bangladeshi
	\| spouse = Syed Ishtiaque Hossain		\| spouse = Syed Ishtiaque Hossain
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	'''Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury''' (born 6 October 1966) is the current and the first female [[Speaker (politics)\|Speaker]] of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] since April 2013.<ref name=new_Speaker>{{cite news\|title=Shirin to become first woman Speaker\|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/04/29/shirin-to-become-first-woman-speaker\|publisher=bdnews24.com\|access-date=29 April 2013\|date=29 April ~~2013~~}}</ref> At 46 years of age, she became the youngest to assume the office.<ref name=new_Speaker/> She was also the [[Chairperson of the Executive Committee]] of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] between 2014 and 2017. She previously served as the [[Minister of State\|state minister]] of the [[Ministry of Women and Children Affairs]] of [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=gov>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mowca.gov.bd/?page_id=14\|title=State Minister's Biography\|access-date=23 March 2013\|publisher=Ministry of Women and Children Affairs - MoWCA}}</ref>		'''Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury''' (born 6 October 1966) is the current and the first female [[Speaker (politics)\|Speaker]] of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] since April 2013.<ref name=new_Speaker>{{cite news\|title=Shirin to become first woman Speaker\|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/04/29/shirin-to-become-first-woman-speaker\|publisher=bdnews24.com\|access-date=29 April 2013\|date=29 April 2022}}</ref> At 46 years of age, she became the youngest to assume the office.<ref name=new_Speaker/> She was also the [[Chairperson of the Executive Committee]] of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] between 2014 and 2017. She previously served as the [[Minister of State\|state minister]] of the [[Ministry of Women and Children Affairs]] of [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=gov>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mowca.gov.bd/?page_id=14\|title=State Minister's Biography\|access-date=23 March 2013\|publisher=Ministry of Women and Children Affairs - MoWCA}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	[[Chaudhury]] was awarded Asia Society's Humanitarian service Award on 9 June 2010 in recognition of her role as a leader in advocating the elimination of violence against women and mainstreaming women's empowerment and employment in Bangladesh. Chaudhury received this award from Ambassador [[Melanne Verveer]], then US Ambassador-at-Large, Global Women Issues in a gala award ceremony at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington DC.<ref name=bio_speaker>{{cite web\|last1=Speaker\|first1=Bio\|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/2013-01-22-23-24-34/biography-of-speaker\|title=Speaker's Biography\|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref>		[[Chaudhury]] was awarded Asia Society's Humanitarian service Award on 9 June 2010 in recognition of her role as a leader in advocating the elimination of violence against women and mainstreaming women's empowerment and employment in Bangladesh. Chaudhury received this award from Ambassador [[Melanne Verveer]], then US Ambassador-at-Large, Global Women Issues in a gala award ceremony at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington DC.<ref name=bio_speaker>{{cite web\|last1=Speaker\|first1=Bio\|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/2013-01-22-23-24-34/biography-of-speaker\|title=Speaker's Biography\|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref>

	On 28 January 2014, Chaudhury was elected MP from the [[Rangpur-6]] constituency that had been vacated by the Prime Minister, [[Sheikh Hasina]] after the January 5 elections. Chaudhury was uncontested in the by-elections and was nominated for Speaker by [[Awami League]] the very same day. She took oath as the Speaker of the 10th Parliament on 29 January 2014, becoming the first person to remain Speaker across two consecutive tenures.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/politics/2014/jan/29/shirin-reelected-speaker\|title=Shirin reelected as speaker\|publisher=Shirin reelected as speaker\|date=29 January ~~2014~~}}</ref>		On 28 January 2014, Chaudhury was elected MP from the [[Rangpur-6]] constituency that had been vacated by the Prime Minister, [[Sheikh Hasina]] after the January 5 elections. Chaudhury was uncontested in the by-elections and was nominated for Speaker by [[Awami League]] the very same day. She took oath as the Speaker of the 10th Parliament on 29 January 2014, becoming the first person to remain Speaker across two consecutive tenures.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/politics/2014/jan/29/shirin-reelected-speaker\|title=Shirin reelected as speaker\|publisher=Shirin reelected as speaker\|date=29 January 2022}}</ref>

	Chaudhury was elected Chairperson of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] (CPA) for the next three years in the CPA elections held in the [[Cameroonian Americans\|Cameroonian]] capital of [[Yaoundé\|Yaounde]] on 9 October 2014. She was the first Bangladeshi to hold this position, as well as any position in an international forum of this level. Bangladesh has been a member of the CPA Asia region, the biggest parliamentary forum of the world, since 1973. It competed for the post of CPA chairperson for the first time in 2014.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Sujan \|first=Augustin \|date=9 October 2014 \|title=Shirin Sharmin elected CPA chairperson \|url=http://www.risingbd.com/english/Shirin_Sharmin_elected_CPA_chairperson/18479 \|newspaper=risingbd.com}}</ref>		Chaudhury was elected Chairperson of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] (CPA) for the next three years in the CPA elections held in the [[Cameroonian Americans\|Cameroonian]] capital of [[Yaoundé\|Yaounde]] on 9 October 2014. She was the first Bangladeshi to hold this position, as well as any position in an international forum of this level. Bangladesh has been a member of the CPA Asia region, the biggest parliamentary forum of the world, since 1973. It competed for the post of CPA chairperson for the first time in 2014.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Sujan \|first=Augustin \|date=9 October 2014 \|title=Shirin Sharmin elected CPA chairperson \|url=http://www.risingbd.com/english/Shirin_Sharmin_elected_CPA_chairperson/18479 \|newspaper=risingbd.com}}</ref>
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	{{Infobox officeholder		{{Infobox officeholder
	\| name = Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury		\| name = Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury
	\| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]		\| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
	\| native_name = শিরীন শারমিন চৌধুরী		\| native_name = শিরীন শারমিন চৌধুরী
	\| native_name_lang = bn		\| native_name_lang = bn
	\| image = Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.JPG		\| image = Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.JPG
	\| caption = Chaudhury in 2012		\| caption = Chaudhury in 2012
	\| office = [[Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad]]		\| office = [[Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad]]
	\| term_start = 1 May 2013		\| term_start = 1 May 2013
	\| deputy = [[Fazle Rabbi Miah]]		\| deputy = [[Fazle Rabbi Miah]]
	\| predecessor = [[Shawkat Ali (politician)\|Shawkat Ali]] (acting)		\| predecessor = [[Shawkat Ali (politician)\|Shawkat Ali]] (acting)
	\| constituency_MP2 = [[Rangpur-6]]		\| constituency_MP2 = [[Rangpur-6]]
	\| term_start2 = January 2014		\| term_start2 = January 2014
	\| predecessor2 = [[Abul Kalam Azad (politician, born 1950)\|Abul Kalam Azad]]		\| predecessor2 = [[Abul Kalam Azad (politician, born 1950)\|Abul Kalam Azad]]
	\| office3 = [[Ministry of Women and Children Affairs\|State minister of the Women and Children Affairs]]		\| office3 = [[Ministry of Women and Children Affairs\|State minister of the Women and Children Affairs]]
	\| term_start3 = 6 January 2009		\| term_start3 = 6 January 2009
	\| term_end3 = 30 April 2013		\| term_end3 = 30 April 2013
	\| constituency_MP4 = Reserved Women's Seat-31		\| primeminister3 = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
	\| term_start4 = 25 January 2009		\| constituency_MP4 = Reserved Women's Seat-31
	\| term_end4 = 24 January 2014		\| term_start4 = 25 January 2009
	\| successor4 = [[Waseqa Ayesha Khan]]		\| term_end4 = 24 January 2014
	\| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]		\| successor4 = [[Waseqa Ayesha Khan]]
	\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1966\|10\|6\|df=yes}}		\| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
	\| birth_place = [[Noakhali]], [[East Pakistan]]~~, Pakistan~~		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1966\|10\|6\|df=yes}}
	\| nationality = Bangladeshi		\| birth_place = [[Noakhali]], [[East Pakistan]] (Current [[Bangladesh]])
	\| spouse = Syed Ishtiaque Hossain		\| nationality = Bangladeshi
	\| children = 2		\| spouse = Syed Ishtiaque Hossain
	\| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list\|[[University of Essex]]\|[[University of Dhaka]]}}		\| children = 2
			\| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list\|[[University of Essex]]\|[[University of Dhaka]]}}
	}}		}}

	'''Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury''' (born 6 October 1966) is the current and the first ~~woman~~ [[Speaker (politics)\|Speaker]] of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] since April 2013.<ref name=new_Speaker>{{cite news\|title=Shirin to become first woman Speaker\|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/04/29/shirin-to-become-first-woman-speaker\|publisher=bdnews24.com\|access-date=29 April 2013\|date=29 April 2013}}</ref> At 46 years of age, she became the youngest to assume the office.<ref name=new_Speaker/> She was also the [[Chairperson of the Executive Committee]] of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] between 2014 and 2017. She previously served as the [[Minister of State\|state minister]] of the [[Ministry of Women and Children Affairs]] of [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=gov>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mowca.gov.bd/?page_id=14\|title=State Minister's Biography\|access-date=23 March 2013\|publisher=Ministry of Women and Children Affairs - MoWCA}}</ref>		'''Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury''' (born 6 October 1966) is the current and the first female [[Speaker (politics)\|Speaker]] of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] since April 2013.<ref name=new_Speaker>{{cite news\|title=Shirin to become first woman Speaker\|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/04/29/shirin-to-become-first-woman-speaker\|publisher=bdnews24.com\|access-date=29 April 2013\|date=29 April 2013}}</ref> At 46 years of age, she became the youngest to assume the office.<ref name=new_Speaker/> She was also the [[Chairperson of the Executive Committee]] of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] between 2014 and 2017. She previously served as the [[Minister of State\|state minister]] of the [[Ministry of Women and Children Affairs]] of [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=gov>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mowca.gov.bd/?page_id=14\|title=State Minister's Biography\|access-date=23 March 2013\|publisher=Ministry of Women and Children Affairs - MoWCA}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	Chaudhury was elected Chairperson of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] (CPA) for the next three years in the CPA elections held in the [[Cameroonian Americans\|Cameroonian]] capital of [[Yaoundé\|Yaounde]] on 9 October 2014. She was the first Bangladeshi to hold this position, as well as any position in an international forum of this level. Bangladesh has been a member of the CPA Asia region, the biggest parliamentary forum of the world, since 1973. It competed for the post of CPA chairperson for the first time in 2014.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Sujan \|first=Augustin \|date=9 October 2014 \|title=Shirin Sharmin elected CPA chairperson \|url=http://www.risingbd.com/english/Shirin_Sharmin_elected_CPA_chairperson/18479 \|newspaper=risingbd.com}}</ref>		Chaudhury was elected Chairperson of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] (CPA) for the next three years in the CPA elections held in the [[Cameroonian Americans\|Cameroonian]] capital of [[Yaoundé\|Yaounde]] on 9 October 2014. She was the first Bangladeshi to hold this position, as well as any position in an international forum of this level. Bangladesh has been a member of the CPA Asia region, the biggest parliamentary forum of the world, since 1973. It competed for the post of CPA chairperson for the first time in 2014.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Sujan \|first=Augustin \|date=9 October 2014 \|title=Shirin Sharmin elected CPA chairperson \|url=http://www.risingbd.com/english/Shirin_Sharmin_elected_CPA_chairperson/18479 \|newspaper=risingbd.com}}</ref>

	In her role as CPA Chairperson between 2014 and 2017, Chaudhury has both attended and presided over a number of landmark events. On Monday, 9 March 2015, she addressed an audience including [[Queen Elizabeth II]], members of the royal family and British and Commonwealth dignitaries at an Observance for Commonwealth Day at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London, UK.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.westminster-abbey.org/press/news/2015/march/her-majesty-the-queen-attends-commonwealth-observance \|title=Her Majesty The Queen attends Commonwealth Day Observance \|website=Westminster Abbey}}</ref> She also opened the 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Africa Region Conference held in Nairobi, Africa between 10 and 13 August 2015. Chaudhury participated as a panel speaker in the "Tackling inequality, empowering women and girls and leaving no one behind" Interactive Dialogue Session at the Sustainable Development Goals Summit held in New York yesterday, 25 September 2015. As Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament, she has participated in a number of successful bilaterals, most notably with Indian and Chinese officials, including the Indian Prime Minister, President and Speaker, the Chinese President, Vice President and Chairman of the National People's Congress.		In her role as CPA Chairperson between 2014 and 2017, Chaudhury has both attended and presided over a number of landmark events. On Monday, 9 March 2015, she addressed an audience including [[Queen Elizabeth II]], members of the royal family and British and Commonwealth dignitaries at an Observance for Commonwealth Day at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London, UK.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.westminster-abbey.org/press/news/2015/march/her-majesty-the-queen-attends-commonwealth-observance \|title=Her Majesty The Queen attends Commonwealth Day Observance \|website=Westminster Abbey}}</ref> She also opened the 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Africa Region Conference held in Nairobi, Africa between 10 and 13 August 2015. Chaudhury participated as a panel speaker in the "Tackling inequality, empowering women and girls and leaving no one behind" Interactive Dialogue Session at the [[Sustainable Development Goals]] Summit held in New York yesterday, 25 September 2015. As Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament, she has participated in a number of successful bilaterals, most notably with Indian and Chinese officials, including the Indian Prime Minister, President and Speaker, the Chinese President, Vice President and Chairman of the National People's Congress.

	Chaudhury has also been honoured with Women Leadership Achievement Award at the 2nd World Women Leadership Congress and Award (WWLCA) 2015. Addressing a seminar ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’, Dr Chaudhury called for integrating women in the mainstream of development. She said the women community and all others would have to work together to face the challenges on the way of establishing women leadership across the world. Along with the government, all non-government and corporate agencies would have to work together to establish gender parity in society.		Chaudhury has also been honoured with Women Leadership Achievement Award at the 2nd World Women Leadership Congress and Award (WWLCA) 2015. Addressing a seminar ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’, Dr Chaudhury called for integrating women in the mainstream of development. She said the women community and all others would have to work together to face the challenges on the way of establishing women leadership across the world. Along with the government, all non-government and corporate agencies would have to work together to establish gender parity in society.
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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| native_name = শিরীন শারমিন চৌধুরী
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.JPG
| caption = Chaudhury in 2012
| office = [[Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad]]
| term_start = 1 May 2013
| deputy = [[Fazle Rabbi Miah]]
| predecessor = [[Shawkat Ali (politician)|Shawkat Ali]] (acting)
| constituency_MP2 = [[Rangpur-6]]
| term_start2 = January 2014
| predecessor2 = [[Abul Kalam Azad (politician, born 1950)|Abul Kalam Azad]]
| office3 = [[Ministry of Women and Children Affairs|State minister of the Women and Children Affairs]]
| term_start3 = 6 January 2009
| term_end3 = 30 April 2013
| constituency_MP4 = Reserved Women's Seat-31
| term_start4 = 25 January 2009
| term_end4 = 24 January 2014
| successor4 = [[Waseqa Ayesha Khan]]
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|10|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Noakhali]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| spouse = Syed Ishtiaque Hossain
| children = 2
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[University of Essex]]|[[University of Dhaka]]}}
}}

'''Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury''' (born 6 October 1966) is the current and the first woman [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] since April 2013.<ref name=new_Speaker>{{cite news|title=Shirin to become first woman Speaker|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/04/29/shirin-to-become-first-woman-speaker|publisher=bdnews24.com|access-date=29 April 2013|date=29 April 2013}}</ref> At 46 years of age, she became the youngest to assume the office.<ref name=new_Speaker/> She was also the [[Chairperson of the Executive Committee]] of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] between 2014 and 2017. She previously served as the [[Minister of State|state minister]] of the [[Ministry of Women and Children Affairs]] of [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=gov>{{cite web|url=http://www.mowca.gov.bd/?page_id=14|title=State Minister's Biography|access-date=23 March 2013|publisher=Ministry of Women and Children Affairs - MoWCA}}</ref>

==Early life==
Chaudhury was born on 6 October 1966 in [[Chatkhil Upazila|Chatkhil]] thana of [[Noakhali District|Noakhali]], Bangladesh. Her father, Rafiqullah Chaudhury, was a [[Civil Service of Pakistan]] (CSP) officer and Secretary to the Prime Minister [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] in 1972.<ref name=gov/> Her mother, Naiyar Sultana, was a member of [[Bangladesh Public Service Commission]] and the principal of [[Dhaka College]].<ref name=new_Speaker/>

==Education==
Chaudhury passed her [[Secondary School Certificate|SSC]] and [[Higher Secondary School Certificate|HSC]] exams respectively in 1983 and 1985 from Holy Cross Girls' School and College. To study law she joined [[University of Dhaka]] and earned her [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]] and [[Master of Laws|LLM]] degrees in 1989 and 1990. She received a [[Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan|Commonwealth scholarship]] to study in [[University of Essex]] in UK. In 2000 she earned her [[PhD Degree|PhD degree]] in constitutional law and human rights.<ref name=gov/>

On 16 July 2014, Chaudhury received an honorary Ph.D. degree from the [[University of Essex]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYu_ARs0Zy4|title=Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury - Essex Honorary Graduate|last=University of Essex|date=23 July 2014|via=YouTube}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in Aid for Gender Equality (11433083255).jpg|thumb|right|Chaudhury in Aid for Gender Equality, 2013]]
Chaudhury, the International Affairs Secretary of the [[Awami League]], was elected MP from one of the parliamentary seats reserved for women on 24 March 2009 and was [[State Minister]] of the [[Ministries of Bangladesh|Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (Bangladesh)]] until her nomination for Speaker of [[Jatiya Sangsad]] in April 2013.

[[Chaudhury]] was awarded Asia Society's Humanitarian service Award on 9 June 2010 in recognition of her role as a leader in advocating the elimination of violence against women and mainstreaming women's empowerment and employment in Bangladesh. Chaudhury received this award from Ambassador [[Melanne Verveer]], then US Ambassador-at-Large, Global Women Issues in a gala award ceremony at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington DC.<ref name=bio_speaker>{{cite web|last1=Speaker|first1=Bio|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/2013-01-22-23-24-34/biography-of-speaker|title=Speaker's Biography|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref>

On 28 January 2014, Chaudhury was elected MP from the [[Rangpur-6]] constituency that had been vacated by the Prime Minister, [[Sheikh Hasina]] after the January 5 elections. Chaudhury was uncontested in the by-elections and was nominated for Speaker by [[Awami League]] the very same day. She took oath as the Speaker of the 10th Parliament on 29 January 2014, becoming the first person to remain Speaker across two consecutive tenures.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/politics/2014/jan/29/shirin-reelected-speaker|title=Shirin reelected as speaker|publisher=Shirin reelected as speaker|date=29 January 2014}}</ref>

Chaudhury was elected Chairperson of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] (CPA) for the next three years in the CPA elections held in the [[Cameroonian Americans|Cameroonian]] capital of [[Yaoundé|Yaounde]] on 9 October 2014. She was the first Bangladeshi to hold this position, as well as any position in an international forum of this level. Bangladesh has been a member of the CPA Asia region, the biggest parliamentary forum of the world, since 1973. It competed for the post of CPA chairperson for the first time in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sujan |first=Augustin |date=9 October 2014 |title=Shirin Sharmin elected CPA chairperson |url=http://www.risingbd.com/english/Shirin_Sharmin_elected_CPA_chairperson/18479 |newspaper=risingbd.com}}</ref>

In her role as CPA Chairperson between 2014 and 2017, Chaudhury has both attended and presided over a number of landmark events. On Monday, 9 March 2015, she addressed an audience including [[Queen Elizabeth II]], members of the royal family and British and Commonwealth dignitaries at an Observance for Commonwealth Day at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London, UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westminster-abbey.org/press/news/2015/march/her-majesty-the-queen-attends-commonwealth-observance |title=Her Majesty The Queen attends Commonwealth Day Observance |website=Westminster Abbey}}</ref> She also opened the 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Africa Region Conference held in Nairobi, Africa between 10 and 13 August 2015. Chaudhury participated as a panel speaker in the "Tackling inequality, empowering women and girls and leaving no one behind" Interactive Dialogue Session at the Sustainable Development Goals Summit held in New York yesterday, 25 September 2015. As Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament, she has participated in a number of successful bilaterals, most notably with Indian and Chinese officials, including the Indian Prime Minister, President and Speaker, the Chinese President, Vice President and Chairman of the National People's Congress.

Chaudhury has also been honoured with Women Leadership Achievement Award at the 2nd World Women Leadership Congress and Award (WWLCA) 2015. Addressing a seminar ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’, Dr Chaudhury called for integrating women in the mainstream of development. She said the women community and all others would have to work together to face the challenges on the way of establishing women leadership across the world. Along with the government, all non-government and corporate agencies would have to work together to establish gender parity in society.

Chaudhury was a practising advocate of the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh|Bangladesh Supreme Court]] and was one of the members of the lawyers' panel to conduct the cases filed against Sheikh Hasina during the army-backed caretaker government in 2007–08. Her key areas of work include human rights, constitutional law, gender issues and judicial reviews by way of writs. She is a Resource Person for several institutions including University of Dhaka, [[BRAC University]], [[Dhaka International University]] and Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs.<ref name=bio_speaker/>

==Personal life==
Chaudhury is married to Syed Ishtiaque Hossain, a pharmaceutical consultant.<ref name=new_Speaker/> She has a daughter, Lamisa Shirin Hossain ({{age|1994|07|15}}) and a son, Syed Ibtesham Rafiq Hossain ({{age|2003|09|04}}).

==Publications==
Chaudhury served as editor of Bangladesh Legal Decisions (BLD), Law Report Series published every month by Bangladesh Bar Council from 2003 to 2008. She developed several dialogue and concept papers with various relevant NGO's and Human Rights organizations on human rights issues. Her published articles include:
* ''Role of the Judiciary in the Development of Human Rights'', published in 1999, published by [[Ain O Salish Kendro]] (ASK)
* ''The Least Dangerous Branch and the Power of Judicial Review: Impact on the Development of Fundamental Human Rights'', published in 2000, published by Ain O Salish Kendro (ASK)
* ''Right to Life and Its Dimensions'', published in 2000, published by Ain O Salish Kendro (ASK)
* ''Practice of Democracy: Importance of Free and Fair Election in Bangladesh'' presented as Key Note paper in a Seminar organized by [[Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs]] (BILIA), Bangladesh Heritage Foundation
* ''Electoral Rights: Bangladesh Perspective'', Conference Report on Human Rights and Governance, Local and Global Perspective, 16–18 January 2005, Manusher Jonno and Partners
* ''Regional Position Paper on Status of Women in South Asia'' written for SAAPE as Regional Thematic Focal Person from Bangladesh.<ref name=bio_speaker />

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	'''Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury''' (born 6 October 1966) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the first female speaker of the [[Bangladesh]] [[Jatiya Sangsad]] since April 2013 until September 2024.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite web \| url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/parliament/tevgjqwcsn \| title=Shirin Sharmin elected as JS Speaker for 3rd consecutive term \| date=30 January 2024 }}~~<~~/ref~~><~~ref name=new_Speaker~~>~~{{cite news\|title=Shirin to become first woman Speaker\|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/shirin-to-become-first-woman-speaker\|work=bdnews24.com\|access-date=29 April 2013\|date=29 April 2013}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ At 46, she became the youngest person to assume that office.~~<~~ref name=new_Speaker/~~>~~ She was also the chairperson of the executive committee of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] between 2014 and 2017. She previously served as the [[Minister of State\|state minister]] of the [[Ministry of Women and Children Affairs]] of Bangladesh.~~<~~ref name=gov~~>~~{{cite web\|url=http://www.mowca.gov.bd/?page_id=14\|title=State Minister's Biography\|access-date=23 March 2013\|publisher=Ministry of Women and Children Affairs - MoWCA}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		'''Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury''' (born 6 October 1966) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the first female speaker of the [[Bangladesh]] [[Jatiya Sangsad]] since April 2013 until September 2024.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/parliament/tevgjqwcsn \| title=Shirin Sharmin elected as JS Speaker for 3rd consecutive term \| date=30 January 2024 }}</ref><ref name=new_Speaker>{{cite news\|title=Shirin to become first woman Speaker\|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/shirin-to-become-first-woman-speaker\|work=bdnews24.com\|access-date=29 April 2013\|date=29 April 2013}}</ref> At 46, she became the youngest person to assume that office.<ref name=new_Speaker/> She was also the chairperson of the executive committee of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] between 2014 and 2017. She previously served as the [[Minister of State\|state minister]] of the [[Ministry of Women and Children Affairs]] of Bangladesh.<ref name=gov>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mowca.gov.bd/?page_id=14\|title=State Minister's Biography\|access-date=23 March 2013\|publisher=Ministry of Women and Children Affairs - MoWCA}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Chaudhury was born on 6 October 1966 in [[Chatkhil Upazila\|Chatkhil]] thana of [[Noakhali District\|Noakhali]], Bangladesh. Her father, Rafiqullah Chaudhury, was a [[Civil Service of Pakistan]] officer and secretary to the Prime Minister [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] in 1972.~~<~~ref name=gov/~~>~~ Her mother, Naiyar Sultana, was a member of the [[Bangladesh Public Service Commission]] and the principal of [[Dhaka College]].~~<~~ref name=new_Speaker/~~>~~		Chaudhury was born on 6 October 1966 in [[Chatkhil Upazila\|Chatkhil]] thana of [[Noakhali District\|Noakhali]], Bangladesh. Her father, Rafiqullah Chaudhury, was a [[Civil Service of Pakistan]] officer and secretary to the Prime Minister [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] in 1972.<ref name=gov/> Her mother, Naiyar Sultana, was a member of the [[Bangladesh Public Service Commission]] and the principal of [[Dhaka College]].<ref name=new_Speaker/>

	==Education==		==Education==
	Chaudhury passed her [[Secondary School Certificate]] and [[Higher Secondary School Certificate]] exams in 1983 and 1985 respectively from [[Holy Cross Girls' High School (Dhaka)\|Holy Cross Girls' High School and College]]. To study law, she joined [[University of Dhaka]] and earned her [[Bachelor of Laws\|LLB]] and [[Master of Laws\|LLM]] degrees in 1989 and 1990 respectively. She received a [[Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan\|Commonwealth scholarship]] to study at the [[University of Essex]] in the UK. In 2000, Chaudhury earned her [[PhD Degree\|PhD degree]] in constitutional law and human rights.~~<~~ref name=gov/~~>~~		Chaudhury passed her [[Secondary School Certificate]] and [[Higher Secondary School Certificate]] exams in 1983 and 1985 respectively from [[Holy Cross Girls' High School (Dhaka)\|Holy Cross Girls' High School and College]]. To study law, she joined [[University of Dhaka]] and earned her [[Bachelor of Laws\|LLB]] and [[Master of Laws\|LLM]] degrees in 1989 and 1990 respectively. She received a [[Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan\|Commonwealth scholarship]] to study at the [[University of Essex]] in the UK. In 2000, Chaudhury earned her [[PhD Degree\|PhD degree]] in constitutional law and human rights.<ref name=gov/>

	On 16 July 2014, Chaudhury received an honorary PhD degree from the University of Essex.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYu_ARs0Zy4\|title=Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury - Essex Honorary Graduate\|last=University of Essex\|date=23 July 2014\|via=YouTube}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		On 16 July 2014, Chaudhury received an honorary PhD degree from the University of Essex.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYu_ARs0Zy4\|title=Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury - Essex Honorary Graduate\|last=University of Essex\|date=23 July 2014\|via=YouTube}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	Chaudhury, the International Affairs Secretary of the [[Awami League]], was elected MP from one of the parliamentary seats reserved for women on 24 March 2009 and was [[state minister]] of the [[Ministries of Bangladesh\|Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (Bangladesh)]] until her nomination for speaker of [[Jatiya Sangsad]] in April 2013.		Chaudhury, the International Affairs Secretary of the [[Awami League]], was elected MP from one of the parliamentary seats reserved for women on 24 March 2009 and was [[state minister]] of the [[Ministries of Bangladesh\|Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (Bangladesh)]] until her nomination for speaker of [[Jatiya Sangsad]] in April 2013.

	Chaudhury was awarded Asia Society's Humanitarian Service Award on 9 June 2010 in recognition of her role as a leader in advocating the elimination of violence against women and mainstreaming women's empowerment and employment in Bangladesh. Shey received this award from Ambassador [[Melanne Verveer]], then US Ambassador-at-Large, Global Women Issues in a gala award ceremony at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington DC.~~<~~ref name=bio_speaker~~>~~{{cite web\|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/2013-01-22-23-24-34/biography-of-speaker\|title=Speaker's Biography\|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		Chaudhury was awarded Asia Society's Humanitarian Service Award on 9 June 2010 in recognition of her role as a leader in advocating the elimination of violence against women and mainstreaming women's empowerment and employment in Bangladesh. Shey received this award from Ambassador [[Melanne Verveer]], then US Ambassador-at-Large, Global Women Issues in a gala award ceremony at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington DC.<ref name=bio_speaker>{{cite web\|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/2013-01-22-23-24-34/biography-of-speaker\|title=Speaker's Biography\|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref>

	On 28 January 2014, Chaudhury was elected MP from the [[Rangpur-6]] constituency that had been vacated by the prime minister, [[Sheikh Hasina]] after the 5 January elections. Chaudhury was uncontested in the by-elections and was nominated for speaker by the Awami League the same day. She took oath as the speaker of the 10th Parliament on 29 January 2014, becoming the first person to remain speaker across two consecutive tenures.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite news\|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/politics/2014/jan/29/shirin-reelected-speaker\|title=Shirin reelected as speaker\|work=Dhaka Tribune\|date=29 January 2014}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		On 28 January 2014, Chaudhury was elected MP from the [[Rangpur-6]] constituency that had been vacated by the prime minister, [[Sheikh Hasina]] after the 5 January elections. Chaudhury was uncontested in the by-elections and was nominated for speaker by the Awami League the same day. She took oath as the speaker of the 10th Parliament on 29 January 2014, becoming the first person to remain speaker across two consecutive tenures.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/politics/2014/jan/29/shirin-reelected-speaker\|title=Shirin reelected as speaker\|work=Dhaka Tribune\|date=29 January 2014}}</ref>

	Chaudhury was elected chairperson of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] (CPA) for the next three years in the CPA elections held in the [[Cameroonian Americans\|Cameroonian]] capital of [[Yaoundé\|Yaounde]] on 9 October 2014. She was the first Bangladeshi to hold that position, as well as any position in an international forum of this level. Bangladesh has been a member of the CPA Asia region, the biggest parliamentary forum of the world, since 1973. It competed for the post of CPA chairperson for the first time in 2014.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite news \|last=Sujan \|first=Augustin \|date=9 October 2014 \|title=Shirin Sharmin elected CPA chairperson \|url=https://www.risingbd.com/english/Shirin_Sharmin_elected_CPA_chairperson/18479 \|newspaper=risingbd.com}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		Chaudhury was elected chairperson of the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] (CPA) for the next three years in the CPA elections held in the [[Cameroonian Americans\|Cameroonian]] capital of [[Yaoundé\|Yaounde]] on 9 October 2014. She was the first Bangladeshi to hold that position, as well as any position in an international forum of this level. Bangladesh has been a member of the CPA Asia region, the biggest parliamentary forum of the world, since 1973. It competed for the post of CPA chairperson for the first time in 2014.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Sujan \|first=Augustin \|date=9 October 2014 \|title=Shirin Sharmin elected CPA chairperson \|url=https://www.risingbd.com/english/Shirin_Sharmin_elected_CPA_chairperson/18479 \|newspaper=risingbd.com}}</ref>

	In her role as CPA chairperson between 2014 and 2017, Chaudhury has both attended and presided over a number of landmark events. On 9 March 2015, she addressed an audience including [[Queen Elizabeth II]], members of the royal family and British and Commonwealth dignitaries at an Observance for Commonwealth Day at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London, UK.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite web \|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/press/news/2015/march/her-majesty-the-queen-attends-commonwealth-observance \|title=Her Majesty The Queen attends Commonwealth Day Observance \|website=Westminster Abbey}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ She also opened the 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Africa Region Conference held in Nairobi, Africa between 10 and 13 August 2015. Chaudhury participated as a panel speaker in the "Tackling inequality, empowering women and girls and leaving no one behind" interactive dialogue session at the [[Sustainable Development Goals]] Summit held in New York 25 September 2015. As speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament, she has participated in a number of successful bilaterals, most notably with Indian and Chinese officials, including the Indian prime minister, president and speaker, the Chinese president, vice president and chairman of the National People's Congress.{{citation needed\|date=July 2024}}		In her role as CPA chairperson between 2014 and 2017, Chaudhury has both attended and presided over a number of landmark events. On 9 March 2015, she addressed an audience including [[Queen Elizabeth II]], members of the royal family and British and Commonwealth dignitaries at an Observance for Commonwealth Day at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London, UK.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/press/news/2015/march/her-majesty-the-queen-attends-commonwealth-observance \|title=Her Majesty The Queen attends Commonwealth Day Observance \|website=Westminster Abbey}}</ref> She also opened the 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Africa Region Conference held in Nairobi, Africa between 10 and 13 August 2015. Chaudhury participated as a panel speaker in the "Tackling inequality, empowering women and girls and leaving no one behind" interactive dialogue session at the [[Sustainable Development Goals]] Summit held in New York 25 September 2015. As speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament, she has participated in a number of successful bilaterals, most notably with Indian and Chinese officials, including the Indian prime minister, president and speaker, the Chinese president, vice president and chairman of the National People's Congress.{{citation needed\|date=July 2024}}

	Chaudhury has also been honoured with a Women Leadership Achievement Award at the 2nd World Women Leadership Congress and Award (WWLCA) 2015. Addressing a seminar "Connecting Minds, Creating the Future", Dr Chaudhury called for integrating women in the mainstream of development. She said the women community and all others would have to work together to face the challenges on the way of establishing women leadership across the world. Along with the government, all non-government and corporate agencies would have to work together to establish gender parity in society.{{citation needed\|date=July 2024}}		Chaudhury has also been honoured with a Women Leadership Achievement Award at the 2nd World Women Leadership Congress and Award (WWLCA) 2015. Addressing a seminar "Connecting Minds, Creating the Future", Dr Chaudhury called for integrating women in the mainstream of development. She said the women community and all others would have to work together to face the challenges on the way of establishing women leadership across the world. Along with the government, all non-government and corporate agencies would have to work together to establish gender parity in society.{{citation needed\|date=July 2024}}

	Chaudhury was a practising advocate of the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh\|Bangladesh Supreme Court]] and was one of the members of the lawyers' panel to conduct the cases filed against Sheikh Hasina during the army-backed caretaker government in 2007–08. Her key areas of work include human rights, constitutional law, gender issues and judicial reviews by way of writs. She is a Resource Person for several institutions including University of Dhaka, [[BRAC University]], [[Dhaka International University]] and Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs.~~<~~ref name=bio_speaker/~~>~~		Chaudhury was a practising advocate of the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh\|Bangladesh Supreme Court]] and was one of the members of the lawyers' panel to conduct the cases filed against Sheikh Hasina during the army-backed caretaker government in 2007–08. Her key areas of work include human rights, constitutional law, gender issues and judicial reviews by way of writs. She is a Resource Person for several institutions including University of Dhaka, [[BRAC University]], [[Dhaka International University]] and Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs.<ref name=bio_speaker/>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Chaudhury is married to Syed Ishtiaque Hossain, a pharmaceutical consultant.~~<~~ref name=new_Speaker/~~>~~ She has a daughter and a son.		Chaudhury is married to Syed Ishtiaque Hossain, a pharmaceutical consultant.<ref name=new_Speaker/> She has a daughter and a son.

	==Publications==		==Publications==
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	* "Practice of Democracy: Importance of Free and Fair Election in Bangladesh" presented as the keynote paper in a seminar organized by [[Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs]], Bangladesh Heritage Foundation		* "Practice of Democracy: Importance of Free and Fair Election in Bangladesh" presented as the keynote paper in a seminar organized by [[Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs]], Bangladesh Heritage Foundation
	* "Electoral Rights: Bangladesh Perspective", Conference Report on Human Rights and Governance, Local and Global Perspective, 16–18 January 2005, Manusher Jonno and Partners		* "Electoral Rights: Bangladesh Perspective", Conference Report on Human Rights and Governance, Local and Global Perspective, 16–18 January 2005, Manusher Jonno and Partners
	* "Regional Position Paper on Status of Women in South Asia" written for SAAPE as Regional Thematic Focal Person from Bangladesh.~~<~~ref name=bio_speaker /~~>~~		* "Regional Position Paper on Status of Women in South Asia" written for SAAPE as Regional Thematic Focal Person from Bangladesh.<ref name=bio_speaker />

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