Mahabuba Hakim

Mahabuba Hakim is the member of parliament (MP) for reserved Women's Seat-48 in the 13th Parliament. She entered Parliament from Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis, as a nominee of the 11-party electoral alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami. She is a member of the party's Nari Majlis (women's wing).

Engineer Mahabuba Hakim was born on 15 November 1984 in Savar, Dhaka. Her father is Abdul Hakim and her mother is Mahmuda Sultana.

She passed the SSC examination in 1999 and the HSC examination in 2001 with star marks from Savar Cantonment Public School and College. She received a government scholarship in class eight. She later completed a bachelor's degree in textile engineering at Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX). As a student she earned a reputation in recitation, debating and public speaking.

In her professional career she worked at Textile Birds Group, Anlima Textile Limited and Far East Knitting and Dyeing Industries Limited. She has experience in laboratory management and quality control.

Mahabuba Hakim was one of the 13 people whose names the 11-party electoral alliance announced on 20 April 2026 for the reserved seats for women. As the only candidate for this seat, which is filled by a vote of members of parliament, she was elected unopposed, and the Election Commission published the gazette on 30 April 2026.

She is currently involved in religious education through running a hifzkhana (Quran memorisation school) and a maktab, and is active in children's education and social development work in the Paltan area of the capital. Her husband, Dr Awlad Hossain, is a specialist in medicine and gastro-liver diseases and an assistant professor. She is the mother of two children.

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