Selima Rahman

Selima Rahman is the member of parliament for reserved Women's Seat-1 in the 13th Parliament. She has entered Parliament on the nomination of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). She is a member of the BNP's national standing committee. In Parliament she chairs the Standing Committee on the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.

Selima Rahman was born on 1 September 1941 in Baherchar Khudrakathi village, Babuganj upazila, Barishal district. Her father, Justice Abdul Jabbar Khan, was a former Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan; her mother is Saleha Khatun. Her brothers and sisters include the journalist and columnist Sadeque Khan, the poet Abu Zafar Obaidullah, the journalist and former minister A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan, and Shahidullah Khan Badal, publisher of the newspaper New Age.

In the BNP she has served as joint secretary general and as vice-chairman. She was a member of parliament from 2001 to 2006, and during that time she served as State Minister for Cultural Affairs.

Selima Rahman is one of the 36 people the BNP nominated for the reserved women's seats in the 13th Parliament. She became the member of parliament for reserved Women's Seat-1 through the votes of the members of parliament.

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