Rebecca Sultana
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Rebecca Sultana | |
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রেবেকা সুলতানা | |
_(cropped).jpg) Sultana in 2024 | |
| 15th First Lady of Bangladesh | |
Current | |
| Assumed office 24 April 2023 | |
| President | Mohammed Shahabuddin |
| Preceded by | Rashida Hamid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dilalpur, Pabna |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Arshad Adnan |
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Rebecca Sultana (Bengali: রেবেকা সুলতানা) is a Bangladeshi academic and former civil servant who has been serving as the first lady of Bangladesh since 2023 as the wife of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. She is the first former bureaucrat to become first lady, and has held roles in both government and education, including as a university professor and advisor in higher education institutions.[1][2]
Rebecca Sultana joined BCS administration cadre as Assistant Commissioner and retired in 2009 as Joint Secretary. She was a professor in the Department of Human Resources Program at Primeasia University and also Chief Advisor of Primeasia University[3] and is serving as the Founder Chairman of Friends for Children Organization.[4][5]
