Rumeen Farhana
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Rumeen Farhana | |
|---|---|
রুমিন ফারহানা | |
 Farhana in 2018 | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Assumed office 17 February 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Moin Uddin |
| Constituency | Brahmanbaria-2 |
| In office 28 May 2019[1] – 11 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Khorshed Ara Haque |
| Succeeded by | Afroza Haque Rina |
| Constituency | Reserved Seat 50 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 August 1981 Bijoynagar, Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh |
| Party | Independent[2] |
| Other political affiliations | Bangladesh Nationalist Party (2012–2025)[2] |
| Parents | |
| Alma mater | University of London |
Rumeen Farhana (born 19 August 1981)[4] is a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer and member of parliament.[5][6][7] She resigned from her position on 11 December 2022.[8] She was again elected from Brahmanbaria-2 as an independent candidate in the 2026 Bangladeshi general election.[9]
Farhana was born in Islampur in Bijoynagar Upazila of Brahmanbaria District. Her father, Oli Ahad was a Bangladeshi politician. After completing secondary school from Holy Cross School and Higher Secondary from Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, She completed her graduation in law from University of London. Later she obtained Bar-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn of the United Kingdom.[10]
Career
Rumeen Farhana was the central international affairs secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).[11] As a barrister, She worked in the legal profession of the High Court of Bangladesh. In the eleventh National parliamentary election, She represented the BNP[12] as the only female member of parliament of BNP.[13][14][15][16] Due to widespread irregularities in the 2018 Bangladeshi elections,[17][18] Rumeen Farhana was one of only seven members of parliament from BNP, which was the main opposition party of Bangladesh until 2014, and one of two major political parties of Bangladesh from 1991 to 2014,[19][20] until the persecution of opposition leaders[21] and incarceration of the former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia[22] seriously debilitated the party.
Farhana is a member of the Dhaka Lawyers Association.[23] She is also known as a Bangladeshi writer and journalist, law and politics.
In 2019, Farhana sought allotment of a 10 katha plot in Dhaka's Purbachal from the government. Any member of the parliament can apply for such an allotment, however her application was leaked from the ministry, which Rumeen speculated was deliberately done by the ministry because of her position as a member of the opposition party.[24]
