Shamshun Nahar Chapa Explained

Shamshun Nahar Chapa
Native Name:শামসুন নাহার
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:State Minister of Education
Primeminister:Sheikh Hasina
Term Start:1 March 2024
Term End:6 August 2024
Predecessor:Kazi Keramat Ali
Constituency Mp1:Reserved women's seat–19
Parliament1:Bangladesh
Term Start1:28 February 2024
Term End1:6 August 2024
Predecessor1:Kazi Kaniz Sultana
Birth Date: df=y 1 June 1958
Relations:Abdur Razzaque (brother)

Shamshun Nahar Chapa (born 1 June 1958)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from a women's reserved for Tangail District.[2] [3] Chapa served as the state minister for education from 1 March 2024 until 6 August 2024.

Early life

Chapa's father's name was Kasim Uddin Ahmed, a chairman of a village of Tangail, and her mother's name was Hamida Begum. Her brother, Abdur Razzaque, was a minister of agriculture.[4] She was the general secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League unit of Shamsunnahar Hall while studying at the University of Dhaka.

Career

Chapa retired from the National Institute of Mass Communication on 1 January 2016. She is the Education and Human Resource Affairs Secretary of the Awami League.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Member profile. Bangladesh Government. 2024-10-15.
  2. Web site: 50 MPs elected to reserved women's seats take oath . 2024-02-28 . bdnews24.com . en.
  3. Web site: 2024-02-14 . JS reserved seats for women: AL finalises its 48 nominees . 2024-03-01 . The Daily Star . en.
  4. News: 1 March 2024 . Shamsun Nahar becoming state minister for education . 1 March 2024 . Somoy TV.