Helen Jerin Khan

Helen Jerin Khan is the member of parliament for reserved Women's Seat-9 in the 13th Parliament. She has entered Parliament for the second time on the nomination of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). She is assistant education affairs secretary of the BNP central committee. In Parliament she is a member of the Standing Committee on the Ministry of Commerce.

Helen Jerin Khan was born on 17 January 1969, into a politically aware family in Madaripur. She is the daughter of Abdul Latif Khan and Maksuda Khan. In her family, her father and paternal uncles were involved in politics, and her mother was a social worker.

In 1984 she passed the secondary examination from Charmugria Girls' School. In 1993 she obtained a bachelor's (honours) degree in Islamic history and culture from Eden Mohila College. She later obtained a master's degree in political science in 2010 and an LLB in 2012.

Her political journey began in her student days. She was a vice-president of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and was elected vice-president of the Eden Mohila College students' union. In 2005 she became a BNP member of parliament for a reserved women's seat. In the 2008 election she contested Madaripur-2 as the BNP candidate. She is also active in the organisational work of the Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal. Her name was on the BNP's announced list for the reserved women's seats in the 13th Parliament as a former member of parliament. She became the member of parliament for reserved Women's Seat-9 through the votes of the members of parliament.

She has lived in Madaripur and Dhaka. She is the mother of a daughter and a son.

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