Rushema Begum (1933/1934 – 9 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi teacher and politician who was elected as Member of 11th Jatiya Sangsad of Reserved Seats for Women. She was a politician of

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 ...

Career

Begum had started her career as a teacher of Ishan Memorial High School of

Faridpur District Faridpur District ( bn, ফরিদপুর জেলা) is a district in south-central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. It is bounded by the Padma River to its northeast. The district was named after Farīd-ud-Dīn Masʿūd, ...

. Later, she had become the Headmistress of the institution too. Her husband Imamuddin Ahmad was elected as an MP in First General Election of Bangladesh from Faridpur-5 (now

Faridpur-3 Faridpur-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Faridpur Sadar Upazila. History The con ...

). He was connected to the politics of

. Begum was elected as a Member of 11th Jatiya Sangsad of Reserved Seats for Women on 16 February 2019. She had died on 9 July 2019 in Faridpur Heart Foundation Hospital at the age of 85.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Begum, Rushema 2019 deaths 1930s births People from Faridpur District Politicians from Dhaka Division Bangladeshi educators Awami League politicians 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad Date of birth missing 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians