Dhaka : Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury of the ruling Awami League was on Tuesday sworn in as Bangladesh's first woman and the youngest speaker.
Chaudhury was sworn in as the country's first woman speaker this evening with President Abdul Hamid administering the oath of office to her.
Chaudhury, who was the state minister for women and children affairs until her election as the speaker of the Parliament, was elected unopposed.
In an unprecedented move, the Awami League Parliamentary Party last night announced her nomination, days after speaker Abdul Hamid took oath as the President relinquishing the chair in Parliament.
A lawyer by profession, 1966-born Chaudhury came in limelight when she stood for Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as a defence lawyer while she was undergoing trial on several charges during the past military-backed interim government.
Her nomination surprised political experts as Deputy Speaker Shawkat Ali, an independence movement veteran having a background in army, was currently discharging duties as the Acting Speaker.
Her father Rafiqullah Chowdhury was a personal secretary and a close associate of Bangladesh's founder and former prime minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Chowdhury has a son and a daughter with husband Syed Ishtiaque Hossain, a pharmaceutical consultant.
Chaudhury was sworn in as the country's first woman speaker this evening with President Abdul Hamid administering the oath of office to her.
Chaudhury, who was the state minister for women and children affairs until her election as the speaker of the Parliament, was elected unopposed.
In an unprecedented move, the Awami League Parliamentary Party last night announced her nomination, days after speaker Abdul Hamid took oath as the President relinquishing the chair in Parliament.
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A lawyer by profession, 1966-born Chaudhury came in limelight when she stood for Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as a defence lawyer while she was undergoing trial on several charges during the past military-backed interim government.
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Her nomination surprised political experts as Deputy Speaker Shawkat Ali, an independence movement veteran having a background in army, was currently discharging duties as the Acting Speaker.
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Her father Rafiqullah Chowdhury was a personal secretary and a close associate of Bangladesh's founder and former prime minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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Chowdhury has a son and a daughter with husband Syed Ishtiaque Hossain, a pharmaceutical consultant.
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