Anjum Sultana Sima

Anjum Sultana Sima is an Awami League politician and a member of the Bangladesh Parliament from a reserved seat.

Anjum Sultana Sima
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Reserved women's seat-10
Assumed office
20 February 2019
Personal details
Political partyAwami League

Early life

Sultana was born on 28 September 1971. She has a B.Ed. degree.[1] Her father, Afzal Khan, was a leader of Awami League.[2]

Career

Sultana was nominated to contest the Comilla City mayoral election by Awami League in 2017. She lost the election to Monirul Haque Sakku.[3] She lost in part due to internal conflicts in Awami League and lack of support from the local Awami League member of parliament AKM Bahauddin Bahar.[4][2]

In 2019, Sultana was elected to parliament from reserved seat as a Awami League candidate.[5]

References
  1. "Constituency 310_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. "Comilla Mayoral Polls: AL's defeat 'caused by infighting'". The Daily Star. 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  3. "BNP's Monirul wins Comilla city polls". The Daily Star. 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  4. "Sima blames party men for defeat in CCC polls". The Daily Star. 2017-03-31. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  5. "Aroma, Suborna to become MP as Awami League names 41 for reserved seats". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 April 2020.


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