Khurshid Jahan

Begum Khurshida Jahan Haq (11 August 1939 – 14 June 2006[1]) (nicknamed 'Chocolate Apa')[2] was the Minister of Women's and Children's Affairs of Bangladesh from 2001 to 2006, serving under her sister, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[1] During her term in office, she worked to curb human trafficking of women and children in Bangladesh, as well as to provide programs and services to rehabilitate former victims of human trafficking.[3][4][5][6][7]

Khurshid Jahan
Minister of Women and Children Affairs
In office
10 October 2001 – 14 June 2006
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded byZinnatunnessa Talukdar
Succeeded byShirin Sharmin Chaudhury
Member of Parliament
In office
23 June 1996 – 28 October 2006
Preceded byM. Abdur Rahim
Succeeded byIqbalur Rahim
ConstituencyDinajpur-3
Member of Parliament
for Women's Seat-1
In office
20 March 1991 – 30 March 1996
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Succeeded bySrimati Bharati Nandi (Sarkar)
Personal details
Born(1939-08-11)11 August 1939
Noakhali, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Noakhali, Chattogram, Bangladesh)
Died14 June 2006(2006-06-14) (aged 66)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
RelationsKhaleda Zia (sister)
Ziaur Rahman (brother-in-law)
Tarique Rahman (nephew)
Arafat Rahman (nephew)
Sayeed Iskander (brother)
Shahrin Islam Tuhin (nephew)
Shamim Iskander (brother)
Shelina Islam (sister)
Parents
RelativesMajumdar-Zia family
Alma materKumudini College
OccupationPolitician

Early life and education

Khurshid Jahan Haq was born on 11 August 1939 in Balaburi, in the Dinajpur District of the Bengal Presidency. She belonged to a Bengali Muslim family with origins in Fulgazi, Feni District. She was the daughter of tea-businessman Iskandar Ali Majumder, who was in turn the son of Salamat Ali Majumdar, who was the son of Azgar Ali Majumdar, who was the son of Nahar Muhammad Khan, who was the son of Murad Khan, a 16th-century Middle Eastern immigrant.[8][9] Her mother, Taiyaba Majumder, was from Chandbari (now in Uttar Dinajpur District).[10][8]

After matriculation from the local schools, she attended Kumudini College where she received a BA degree in 1958.[1] During her college years, she was active in student government and served as Secretary of the Students' Union in 1956–57.[1]

Career

Jahan served as a vice-chairmen of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and in 1991 was named as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the reserved seat for women.[1] She was later twice re-elected as MP from the Dinajpur-3 constituency, in 1996 and 2001. She was given the position of Minister of Women's and Children's Affairs on 10 October 2001,[1] and held the position until her death in 2006.

References
  1. "Khurshid Jahan dies at CMH, 3rd Lead". BDNews24. 14 June 2006. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  2. Kibria, Fowajul (22 January 2011). "Bangladesh Nationalist Party: Begum Khaleda Zia". Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  3. "Bangladesh" (PDF). Scalabrini Migration Center. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  4. "Member's of 8th Parliament of Bangladesh - Bangladesh Affairs". Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  5. "List of 7th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  6. "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  7. "List of 5th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  8. একনজরে খালেদা জিয়া. Jugantor (in Bengali). 8 February 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  9. Z. A. Tofayell (1991). Bāṅmaẏa Bāṅgāli (in Bengali). Pān̐cagām̐o Prakāśanī. pp. 5–6.
  10. খালেদা জিয়ার মায়ের নবম মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী পালিত. The Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2019.


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