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|name = Syeda Razia Faiz<br />
|native_name = সৈয়দা রাজিয়া ফয়েজ<br />
|native_name_lang = bn<br />
|office = Member of Parliament<br />
|term_start = <br />
|term_end = <br />
|predecessor = <br />
|successor = <br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|1936|04|18|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place =<br />
|father = [[Syed Badrudduja]] <br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|2013|11|15|1936|04|18|df=y}}<br />
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
|spouse = Mohammad Abul Faiz<br />
|party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Syeda Razia Faiz''' (18 April 1936 – 15 November 2013) was a Bangladeshi politician. She served as a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] in the 1960s. In 1979, she became the first woman to be elected as a member of [[Jatiya Sangsad]], the Parliament of Bangladesh.<ref name=death/><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Faiz was born on 18 April 1936 to [[Syed Badrudduja]], a former mayor of [[Kolkata]] and a member of the [[Bengal Legislative Assembly]] and India's [[Lok Sabha]].<ref name=death>{{cite news |title=Razia Faiz dead |url=http://print.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2013/11/17/4327 |work=The Financial Express |location=Dhaka |date=17 November 2013 |access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=obituary>{{cite news |title=Obituary |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/obituary-136/ |work=The Daily Star |access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref> She was elected to Pakistan National Assembly in the 1960s.<ref name=obituary/> During [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] she was part of the Pakistani delegation to the [[United Nations]]. She was placed under house arrest in Bangladesh after its independence.<br />
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In 1979, Faiz was elected from the former constituency of [[Abdus Sabur Khan]] to Bangladesh National parliament.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Badrul Ahsan |first1=Syed |title=The Bengalis who let us down in 1971 |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2014/10/25/50650.php |work=The Daily Observer |access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref> The first female elected member of parliament in Bangladesh.<ref name=obituary/> In 1989, she was appointed as the minister for women and social welfare<ref name=death/> Later, she served as the vice president of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] until her death.<ref name="sst" /><br />
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==Personal life and death==<br />
Faiz was married to Mohammad Abul Faiz, the former chairman of [[Petrobangla]]. They had a daughter, Fawzia Alam, two sons, Osman Ershad Faiz and Aman Ashraf Faiz.<ref name=death/> She died on 15 November 2013.<ref name="sst">{{cite news |title=Razia Faiz's qulkhwani held |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/razia-faiz-s-qulkhwani-held-349 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref><br />
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