Shamima Akter Khanam
Bangladeshi politician
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Shamima Akhter Khanam, also known as Shamima Shahriar, is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of the Bangladesh Parliament. She came from "reserved seat" (Sunamganj, Sylhet).
Shamima Akhter Khanam | |
|---|---|
| Member of Bangladesh Parliament | |
| In office 2019–2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Career
Khanam was the female vice chairman of Jamalganj Upazila Parishad, and as of 2019 is human resources secretary of the Awami Krishak League.[1]
Khanam sought the Awami League nomination for constituency Sunamganj-1 in the 2018 Bangladeshi general election.[2] Unable to secure that nomination, she was one of 12 women who sought the party's nomination for one of the two reserved seats for women representing the Sylhet Division.[3] She was elected to parliament from a reserved seat as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2019.[4]
After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Khanam was arrested in May 2025.[5]