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| office = [[Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad]] | | office = [[Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad]] | ||
| 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 | ||
| term_end2 = | |||
| 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]] | ||
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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= | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|10|6|df=y}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Noakhali]], [[East Pakistan]] ( | | 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 | '''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 | 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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[[Category:People from Chatkhil Upazila]] | [[Category:People from Chatkhil Upazila]] | ||
[[Category:Women legislative speakers]] | [[Category:Women legislative speakers]] | ||
[[Category:People from Noakhali District]] | |||