Ismat Ara Sadique (1 September 1941 – 21 January 2020) was a

Bangladesh Awami League Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

politician and the state minister of the

Ministry of Primary and Mass Education The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education ( bn, প্রাথমিক ও গণশিক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়) (abbreviated as MoPME) is the ministry responsible for Primary (Class I-VIII) and Mass (literacy) education ...

and

Ministry of Public Administration The Ministry of Public Administration () (abbreviated as MoPa) is primarily responsible for management of public administration in Bangladesh. Present minister is Sheikh Hasina Wazed and Minister of State is Farhad Hossain. Present Senior secre ...

. She was elected a

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

member representing the

Jessore-6 Jessore-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2020 by Shahin Chakladar of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Keshabpur Upazila. History The constituency was c ...

constituency from 2014 until her death.

Early life

Sadique was born on 1 September 1941 in Shatani House in

Bogra District Bogra District, officially known as Bogura District, is a district in the northern part of Bangladesh, in the Rajshahi Division. Bogra is an industrial city where many small and mid-sized companies are sited. Bogra was a part of the ancient Pun ...

. In 1956, she graduated from Bogra VM Girls school, and in 1958 from Holy Cross College, Dhaka. In 1960, she graduated from Eden College, Dhaka.

Career

Sadique joined the Bangladesh Awami League in 1992. She established a women's unit in Keshabpur in 1996. From 2009 to 2013 she served in the Bangladesh Women Welfare Council. She was the President of Shathi Samajkalayan Sangstha, a charity providing free treatment to students and school supplies. She was made state minister of Primary and Mass Education on 12 January 2014. Later, she was made the state minister of Public Administration on 15 January 2014.

Personal life

Sadique was married to

ASHK Sadek ASHK Sadek (30 April 1934 – 9 September 2007) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician, who was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jessore-6 constituency, and a former Education Minister of Bangladesh. Early life Sadek was born on 30 A ...

. Her husband was a Bangladesh Awami League politician, member of parliament, and former minister of education. They had two children. Her younger brother, Mamdudur Rahman Choudhury, was a former Jatiya Party minister.

Death

Sadique died on 21 January 2020 at the age of 78.

References

1942 births 2020 deaths People from Jessore District Awami League politicians State Ministers of Public Administration (Bangladesh) Women government ministers of Bangladesh 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub