Meher Afroze Chumki | |
Native Name: | মেহের আফরোজ চুমকি |
Constituency Mp: | Reserved women's seat–33 |
Parliament: | Bangladesh |
Term Start: | 28 February 2024 |
Term End: | 6 August 2024 |
Predecessor: | Parveen Haque Sikder |
Constituency Mp1: | Gazipur-5 |
Parliament1: | Bangladesh |
Term Start1: | 25 January 2009 |
Term End1: | 29 January 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Position established |
Successor1: | Akhtaruzzaman |
Office2: | Minister of State for Women and Children Affairs |
Term Start2: | 2 June 2013 |
Term End2: | 3 January 2019 |
Predecessor2: | Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury |
Successor2: | Sheikh Hasina |
Constituency Mp3: | Reserved women's seat–20 |
Parliament3: | Bangladesh |
Term Start3: | 14 July 1996 |
Term End3: | 13 July 2001 |
Predecessor3: | K. J. Hamida Khanam |
Birth Date: | 1 November 1959 |
Birth Place: | Gazipur, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka |
Spouse: | Mohammad Masudur Rahman |
Awards: | Anannya Top Ten Awards (2014) |
Father: | Moyez Uddin |
Meher Afroze Chumki (born 1 November 1959)[1] is a Bangladeshi politician. She was the State Minister for Women and Children Affairs.[2] She is the incumbent president of Bangladesh Mohila Awami League at the Sixth National Council held in December 2022.[3]
Chumki was born on 1 November 1959 to Moyez Uddin. Her father, Moyez Uddin, was a member of parliament who was assassinated in 1984.[4] She completed her bachelor's degree in botany from the University of Dhaka.
Between 1996 and 2001, Chumki served in Parliament in the reserved seats for women. She represented the Gazipur-5 constituency.[5] In 2009, she was elected to parliament and in 2013, was sworn in as State Minister for Women and Children Affairs.[6]