Fazilatun Nessa Indira | |
Native Name: | ফজিলাতুন নেসা |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | Minister of State for Women and Children Affairs |
Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
Term Start: | 13 July 2019 |
Term End: | 10 January 2024 |
Predecessor: | Imran Ahmad |
Successor: | Simeen Hussain Rimi |
Office1: | Member of Bangladesh Parliament |
Constituency1: | Reserved women's seat-23 |
Term Start1: | 28 February 2024 |
Term End1: | 6 August 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Ratna Ahmed |
Constituency2: | Reserved women's seat-22 |
Term Start2: | 29 January 2014 |
Term End2: | 29 January 2024 |
Predecessor2: | Mahfuza Rahman Rina |
Successor2: | Masuda Siddique Roji |
Constituency3: | Reserved Women's Seat-46 |
Term Start3: | 25 January 2009 |
Term End3: | 24 January 2014 |
Successor3: | Merina Rahman |
Birth Date: | df=y 1 Jan 1956 |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Fazilatun Nessa Indira (born 1 January 1956)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former State Minister of Women and Children Affairs.[2] She was selected as a member of parliament from the reserved seats for women consecutively in the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th parliamentary elections.[3]
Indira was elected as the general secretary of Mohila Awami League through council election of 2003. She was elected as the women affairs secretary of Bangladesh Awami League in the triennial council in October 2016.[3] [4]