| Rabia Bhuiyan | |
| Native Name: | রাবিয়া ভুইয়া |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Term Start: | 10 August 1987 |
| Term End: | 27 February 1985 |
| Birth Date: | 1 March 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Dhaka, Bengal Province, British India |
| Party: | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
| Spouses: | AKM Mozammel Hoque Bhuiyan |
| Constituency Mp3: | Reserved Women's Seat-21 |
| Constituency Mp4: | Reserved Women's Seat-19 |
| Termstart3: | 1986 |
| Termstart4: | 12 June 1996 |
| Termend3: | 1988 |
| Termend4: | 15 July 2001 |
| Predecessor4: | Sarwari Rahman |
| Successor4: | Rabeya Chowdhury |
| Office: | Minister of Social Welfare and Women Affairs |
| Predecessor3: | Gulbadan |
| Successor3: | Shamsunnahar |
Rabia Bhuiyan (born 1 March 1944)[1] is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from women's reserved seat 19. She is the first female barrister in Bangladesh.[2] She is most notable for founding the law school, Bhuiyan Academy, in Dhaka.[1]
Bhuiyan was born on 1 March 1944 in Dhaka in the then British India (now in Bangladesh). She was married to barrister AKM Mozammel Hoque Bhuiyan (1939-2008).[1] [3]
Bhuiyan was elected to parliament from a reserved seat as a Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate in June 1996.[4] She and her husband founded Bhuiyan Academy which provides distance learning for law courses from University of London.
Bhuiyan served as the minister of social welfare and women's affairs in the first Hasina cabinet.[1] In 1998, with the then deputy speaker's consent, she became the first female voted speaker for a one-day parliament session.[1]
In 1999, Bhuiyan filed a landmark environment case titled Rabia Bhuiyan, MP v Ministry of LGRD which acknowledged that the government has a responsibility to ensure access to safe drinking water.[5] [6]