Nadia Pathan Papon

Nadia Pathan Papon is the member of parliament (MP) for reserved Women's Seat-32 in the 13th Parliament. Nominated by the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party), she is a member of the party's Dhaka Metropolitan South unit.

Nadia Pathan Papon was born on 31 July 1984. She is the daughter of Syeda Nakhlu Akter and the late Anwar Hossain of Chandura village, Bijoynagar upazila, Brahmanbaria. Her mother is a former vice-chairman of the Bijoynagar upazila parishad and a former member of the Zila Parishad (district council).

She passed her SSC from Daudpur High School and her HSC from Kazi Mohammad Shafiqul Islam College. She later received her higher education at Badrunnesa Government Women's College in Dhaka.

She entered politics in 2000 as a member of the Chandura union Chhatra Dal. While studying at Badrunnesa Government Women's College she served as general secretary of the college Chhatra Dal, and she later also held leadership positions at the central level.

Nadia Pathan Papon was one of the 36 people whose names the BNP 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. After being nominated, she pledged to work for the welfare of the disadvantaged women and children of society.

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