Anjum Sultana Sima Explained

Anjum Sultana Sima
Constituency Mp:	Reserved women's seat-10
Parliament:	Bangladesh
Term Start:	20 February 2019
Party:	Awami League

Anjum Sultana Sima is an Awami League politician and a member of the Bangladesh Parliament from a reserved seat.

Early life

Sultana was born on 28 September 1971. She has a B.Ed. degree.^[1] Her father, Afzal Khan, was a leader of the Awami League.^[2]

Career

Sultana was nominated by the Awami League to contest the Comilla City mayoral election in 2017. She lost the election to Monirul Haque Sakku.^[3] She lost in part due to internal conflicts in the Awami League and lack of support from the local Awami League member of parliament, AKM Bahauddin Bahar.^[4]

In 2019, Sultana was elected to parliament from reserved seat as an Awami League candidate.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Constituency 310_11th_En . 3 April 2020 . Bangladesh Parliament . https://web.archive.org/web/20220815162706/http://parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=4286 . 15 August 2022.
2. News: 2017-04-01 . Comilla Mayoral Polls: AL's defeat 'caused by infighting' . 2021-05-07 . The Daily Star . en.
3. News: 2017-03-31 . BNP's Monirul wins Comilla city polls . 2021-05-07 . The Daily Star . en.
4. News: 2017-03-31 . Sima blames party men for defeat in CCC polls . 2021-05-07 . The Daily Star . en.
5. News: Aroma, Suborna to become MP as Awami League names 41 for reserved seats . 3 April 2020 . bdnews24.com . 8 February 2019.