Zara Jabeen Mahbub
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Zara Jabeen Mahbub | |
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জারা জেবীন মাহবুব | |
| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Reserved women's seat-7 | |
| In office 28 February 2024 – 6 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Naheed Ezaher Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 March 1976 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Awami League |
| Spouse | Naveed Mahbub |
| Relatives | Murtaza Raza Choudhry (grandfather) Mainur Reza Chowdhury (uncle) Najma Chowdhury (aunt) |
| Alma mater | Haas School of Business North South University |
Zara Jabeen Mahbub (Bengali: জারা জেবীন মাহবুব; née Chowdhury, born 8 March 1976)[1] is a Bangladeshi politician.
Early life and education
[edit]Zara Jabeen Chowdhury was born on 8 March 1976 in the village of Monakosha in Nawabganj, Rajshahi district, Bangladesh. She belongs to an aristocratic Bengali family of Muslim Chowdhuries who served as the former Zamindars of Monakosha. Her grandfather, Murtaza Raza Choudhry, was a former Finance Minister of East Pakistan and a member of the 1st National Assembly of Pakistan. Her great-great-grandfather, Ismail Hossain Choudhry, was the zamindar of Kotalpukur in Bihar. She is the niece of former Chief Justice Mainur Reza Chowdhury.
She studied at the Assumption University in Bangkok in 1995 and graduated from the North South University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and International Business Management in 1998. She received her Master of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business under California University Berkeley in 2008.
Career
[edit]She was elected to the Jatiya Sangsad as an Awami League candidate from a women's reserved seat after the 2024 Bangladeshi general election.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Member profile". Bangladesh Government. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "MPs elected to reserved women's seats sworn in". The Daily Star. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Businesswomen dominant in contest for reserved seats". en.prothomalo.com.
- ^ "Those who got Awami League's ticket". dhakatribune.com. 14 February 2024.
- Living people
- 1976 births
- Haas School of Business alumni
- North South University alumni
- Assumption University (Thailand) alumni
- 12th Jatiya Sangsad members
- Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad
- Awami League politicians
- Bangladeshi people of Bihari descent
- People from Chapai Nawabganj district
- Awami League politician stubs