Shamim Ara Begum Shapna

Shamim Ara Begum Shapna is the member of parliament for reserved Women's Seat-21 in the 13th Parliament. She has entered Parliament for the first time on the nomination of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). She has long served as general secretary of the Cox's Bazar district BNP.

Shamim Ara Begum Shapna was born on 1 July 1960 in Moddhom Tekpara village, Cox's Bazar municipality. She is the daughter of Abul Khair and Fatema Khatun. After obtaining a master's degree in botany from the University of Chittagong in 1984, she studied law.

In 1986 she entered the legal profession as a member of the Cox's Bazar District Bar Association, and she has worked as a lawyer for more than four decades. In 2001 she was appointed public prosecutor (PP) of the Cox's Bazar district court. According to various media reports, she is the country's first woman public prosecutor.

Her political life began in 1982 through the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, while she was studying at the University of Chittagong. She later became general secretary of the Cox's Bazar district Mohila Dal. At the council of the Cox's Bazar district BNP held in the period after One-Eleven, she was elected general secretary. Various news media have reported on her role in the organisational restructuring of the district BNP and in activating the organisation at the grassroots.

On 20 April 2026 the BNP nominated her for a reserved women's seat, and on 23 April the Election Commission declared her nomination paper valid. She became the member of parliament for reserved Women's Seat-21 through the votes of the members of parliament.

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