Ismat Ara Sadique: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}

'''Ismat Ara Sadique''' (1 September 1941 – 21 January 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/get-involved/contact-an-mp?layout=edit&id=3004|title=Constituency 90_11th_En|website=www.parliament.gov.bd|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref><ref name=a>{{Cite web|script-title=bn:যশোর-৬ আসনের এমপি ইসমত আরা আর নেই|website=Ekushey Television|language=bn|url=https://www.ekushey-tv.com/যশোর-৬-আসনের-এমপি-ইসমত-আরা-আর-নেই/90056|access-date=2020-01-21|date=2020-01-21}}</ref> was a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and the state minister of [[Ministry of Primary and Mass Education]] and [[Ministry of Public Administration]].<ref>{{cite news |title=PM: Militancy will be contained|url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jul/24/pm-militancy-will-be-contained |work=Dhaka Tribune |accessdate=13 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/jan/15/ismat-ara-made-state-minister-public-admin|title=Ismat Ara shifted to Public Admin Ministry |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2016-09-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/economy/2016/02/02/govt-may-extend-job-contracts-of-three-bangladesh-bank-deputy-governors|title=Govt may extend job contracts of three Bangladesh Bank deputy governors |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2016-09-13}}</ref> She was elected a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Jessore-6]] constituency from 2014 until her death.

Sadique was born on 1 September 1941 in [[Bogra District]]’s Shatani House in [[Bogra District]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/awami-league-mp-ismat-ara-sadique-passes-away-1857073|title=AL MP Ismat Ara Sadique passes away|date=2020-01-21 |work=The Daily Star |language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref> In 1956, she graduated from Bogra VM Girls school, and in 1958 from Holy Cross College, Dhaka. In 1960, she graduated from Eden College, Dhaka.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mopa.gov.bd/en/home/content/1/1/72|title=Ministry of Public Administration (MOPA)|website=www.mopa.gov.bd|language=bn|access-date=2018-07-05}}</ref>

Sadique joined Bangladesh Awami League in 1992. She established a women's unit in Keshabpur in 1996. From 2009 to 2013 she served in the Bangladesh Women Welfare Council. She was the President of Shathi Samajkalayan Sangstha, a charity providing free treatment to students and school supplies.<ref name=":0" /> She was made state minister of Primary and Mass Education on 12 January 2014.<ref name=a/> Later, she was made the state minister of Public Administration on 15 January 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2015/07/16/syed-ashraf-gets-ministry-of-public-administration|title=Syed Ashraf gets Ministry of Public Administration |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2018-07-05}}</ref>

Sadique was married to [[ASHK Sadek]]. Her husband was a Bangladesh Awami League politician, Member of Parliament, and former Minister of Education. They had two children.<ref name=":0" /> Her younger brother, Mamdudur Rahman Choudhury, was a former [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] Minister.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/ex-jp-minister-mamdudur-passes-away-1558417|title=Ex-JP minister Mamdudur passes away|date=2018-04-05|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-07-05|language=en}}</ref>