Gloria Jharna Sarker
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Preceded byFazilatunnesa Bappy
Succeeded bySheikh Anar Koli Putul
Born10 January 1979[1]
Laudubi, Dacope Upazila, Khulna District, Bangladesh
Gloria Jharna Sarker | |
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গ্লোরিয়া ঝর্ণা সরকার | |
| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Women's Reserved Seat-30 | |
| In office 16 February 2019 – 29 January 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Fazilatunnesa Bappy |
| Succeeded by | Sheikh Anar Koli Putul |
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| Born | 10 January 1979[1] Laudubi, Dacope Upazila, Khulna District, Bangladesh |
| Party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Spouse | Mintu Mohonta[2] |
| Children | 2 |
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Gloria Jharna Sarkar is a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer who was elected in 2019 to a seat reserved for women in the Bangladesh Parliament.
She is the first Catholic woman to be in the parliament.[3]
Before her, only two Christian men were elected to parliament. Promode Mankin, a Catholic, was an MP between 2009 and 2014 as well as social affairs minister between 2009 and 2012. His son, Jewel Areng, was elected for the first time in 2016 in a by-election and re-elected in December 2018's general election.[4][5][6]
