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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}} | {{short description|Bangladeshi politician}} | ||
{{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]] | | 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 | | 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 | '''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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[[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians]] | [[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians]] | ||
[[Category:People from Chatkhil Upazila]] | [[Category:People from Chatkhil Upazila]] | ||
[[Category:Women legislative speakers]] | |||