| Waseqa Ayesha Khan | |
| Native Name: | ওয়াসিকা আয়শা খান |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Minister of State for Finance |
| Term Start: | 1 March 2024 |
| Term End: | 6 August 2024 |
| Constituency1: | Reserved women's seat-47 |
| Parliament1: | Bangladesh |
| Term Start1: | 28 February 2024 |
| Term End1: | 6 August 2024 |
| Birth Date: | 16 July 1969 |
| Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Minister: | Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali |
| Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
| Alma Mater: | University of Chittagong |
| Father: | Ataur Rahman Khan Kaiser |
| Successor: | TBD |
Waseqa Ayesha Khan (born 16 July 1969)[1] is an Bangladesh Awami League politician and former Minister of State for Finance. She is the former member of parliament of Reserved women's seat-31.[2]
Khan was born on 16 July 1969. She did her bachelor's and master's in commerce from the University of Chittagong.[1] Her father was Ataur Rahman Khan Kaiser.[3]
Khan was elected to parliament from Reserved women's seat-31 (Chittagong) as an Awami League candidate on 30 December 2018.[4] She has said that the construction of power plants in Bangladesh does not take into account social and environmental considerations.[5]
In December 2019, Khan was made Finance and Planning Affairs secretary of Awami League.[6] [7] She is an advisor of Bistaar: Chittagong Arts Complex.[8] She is the vice-chairperson of Climate Parliament Bangladesh which called for a future without the use of fossil fuel.[9] She is the vice president of Mohila Awami League, the women's wing of Awami League.[10]
Khan was made the chairman of Standing Committee on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry in June 2021.[11] [12] On 1 March 2024, she appointed as state minister for finance.[13]