Salma Islam | |
Constituency Mp: | Reserved Women's Seat |
Term Start: | 30 January 2019 |
Predecessor: | Noor-E-Hasna Lily Chowdhury |
Constituency Mp1: | Dhaka-1 |
Term Start1: | 9 January 2014 |
Term End1: | 29 January 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Abdul Mannan Khan |
Successor1: | Salman F Rahman |
Constituency Mp2: | Reserved Women's Seat-45 |
Term Start2: | 25 January 2009 |
Term End2: | 24 January 2014 |
Successor2: | Mahjabeen Morshed |
Party: | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1955 |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Spouse: | Nurul Islam Babul |
Salma Islam (born 1 January 1955)[1] is a Bangladeshi lawyer, journalist, politician, and an incumbent MP from 12th parliament (reserved seat).[2] She was an MP of Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad representing the Dhaka-1 constituency.[3] She served as state minister of the Bangladesh government for Ministry of Women and Children Affairs. She is the Member of Presidium as well as current chair of Dhaka (district unit) of Jatiya Party (Ershad). She has been made the new chairman of Jamuna Group after the death of her husband and the conglomerate's founder chairman Nurul Islam Babul.[4]
Islam served as the publisher and editor of Jugantor.[5] The all-party interim government headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. President Abdul Hamid administered the oath at the presidential palace. She was taking oath as a member of the constituents of the Awami League-led grand alliance. In December 2013, She, along with six others ministers and advisors of Jatiya Party resigned following the directive of the party chief.[6] She was elected to parliament from Dhaka-1 constituency in 2014 as a Jatiya Party candidate.[7] In 2019, she was made the Jatiya Party's Dhaka district unit president.[8]