Syeda Saira Mohsin (born 10 September 1960) is 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 former Member of Parliament in Bangladesh.

Career

Mohsin was nominated by Bangladesh Awami League to contest the by-election to

Moulvibazar-3 Moulvibazar-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Nesar Ahmed of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Moulvibazar Sadar and Rajnagar upazilas. History ...

constituency in

Rajnagar Upazila Rajnagar ( bn, রাজনগর) is an upazila of the Moulvibazar District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. The district has roughly 29,300 houses and an area of approximately 340 km2. There are three well-known rivers which flow acro ...

and

Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila Moulvibazar Sadar ( bn, মৌলভীবাজার সদর) is an upazila of Moulvibazar District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. History In ancient times, the region was known as Chandrapur or Chandrarajya. After the Conquest of Go ...

Moulvibazar District Moulvibazar ( bn, মৌলভীবাজার) also spelled Maulvibazar, Moulavibazar, and Maulavibazar, (former South Sylhet) is the southeastern district of Sylhet Division in northeastern Bangladesh, named after the town of Moulvibazar. It ...

. The seat had fallen vacant after the death of her husband, Syed Mohsin Ali, on 14 September 2015. The nomination was approved by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. She won the election uncontested after

Bangladesh Election Commission The Bangladesh Election Commission ( bn, বাংলাদেশ নির্বাচন কমিশন), abbreviated and publicly referred to as EC, is an independent constitutional body that operates the legal functions of election laws in ...

scrapped the candidacy of all her opponents. She was sworn into office by the Speaker of the Parliament Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on 7 December 2015.

Personal life

Mohsin was married to Bangladesh Awami League politician Syed Mohsin Ali. Her husband was the Minister of Social Welfare. Her husband died on 14 September 2015. In 2017, she received the

Independence Day Award The Independence Day Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পদক), also termed Independence Award ( bn, স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কার), Swadhinata Padak, and Swadhinata Puroskar, is the highest state award given by t ...

on behalf of her late husband who received it posthumously for his role in the Bangladesh Liberation war.

References

Living people 1965 births People from Moulvibazar District Politicians from Sylhet Division Awami League politicians Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad 10th Jatiya Sangsad members Place of birth missing (living people) Bangladeshi people of Arab descent 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub