Sultana Jesmen

Sultana Jesmen is the member of parliament (MP) for reserved Women's Seat-49 in the 13th Parliament. The alliance of independent MPs nominated her for this seat, and she is that alliance's only MP in a reserved seat. In Parliament she is a member of the Standing Committee on the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Known as Sultana Jesmen Jui, she was born on 23 February 1991 in Buichakathi village, Sekhmatia union, Nazirpur upazila, Pirojpur. Her father is Abdul Aziz Howlader and her mother is Amina Begum.

She is a former student of the University of Dhaka. According to Wikipedia, she completed a bachelor's degree in Islamic Studies there and a master's degree in project management at a university in China. Professionally she works in the research and consultancy sector.

In student politics she served in the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal as a member of its central executive committee, as assistant general secretary and as vice-president. From 2022 to 2024 she was convener of the Zia Memorial Library.

In April 2026 her nomination papers were submitted on behalf of the independent alliance with the signatures of the MPs for Kishoreganj-5 and Mymensingh-1. 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.

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