| Jahanara Begum | |
| Native Name: | জাহানারা বেগম |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | State Minister of Cultural Affairs |
| Term Start: | 5 March 1991 |
| Term End: | 24 November 1995 |
| Constituency Mp1: | Rajbari-1 |
| Term Start1: | 19 March 1996 |
| Term End1: | 30 March 1996 |
| Predecessor1: | Kazi Keramat Ali |
| Successor1: | Kazi Keramat Ali |
| Office2: | Member of Parliament from the Women's Reserver Seat-22 |
| Term Start2: | 5 March 1991 |
| Term End2: | 24 November 1995 |
| Party: | BNP, BNF, LDP |
| Birth Place: | British Raj |
| Death Date: | 24 July 2021 |
| Death Place: | Bashundhara Residential Area |
Jahanara Begum (– 24 July 2021) was a Bangladeshi politician, a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rajbari-1 constituency and a State Minister of Cultural Affairs.[1] [2]
Begum was the founding general secretary of Bangladesh Jubo Mohila Dal.[3]
Begum was a member of the women's seat-22 in the 5th Jatiya Sangsad in 1991.[4] She was elected a Member of Parliament from Rajbari-1 (Sadar-Goaland) constituency on 15 February 1996 in the Sixth Parliamentary Election on the nomination of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[5] She was the vice chairman of BNP.
Begum served twice as the Minister of State for Culture and Adviser to the then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Primary Education and Mass Education.[6] She was asked to provide her wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission.[7]
Begum was the co-chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF). She previously served as Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).[8] [9]
In 2012, Begum joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Front, led by Nazmul Huda, as co-chairman.
Begum was married to Ahmed Mostafa (died 1986).