Rumana Mahmood

{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Rumana Mahmood

|native_name = রুমানা মাহমুদ

|constituency_MP = Sirajganj-2

|parliament = Bangladesh

|term_start = 25 January 2009

|term_end = 24 January 2014

|predecessor = Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku

|successor = Md. Habibe Millat

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|07|31|df=y}}

|birth_place = Natore, East Bengal, Pakistan

|spouse = Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku

|relatives = Abdullah al Mahmood (father-in-law)

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

Rumana Mahmood (born 30 July 1951) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament from Sirajganj-2.{{cite news |title=Uproar in JS over diatribes |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-178785 |access-date=31 December 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=23 March 2011 |language=en}}

Early life and education

Begum Rumana was born on 30 July 1951 in Natore. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree.{{cite web |title=Constituency 63 |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/get-involved/110-mps-category/mps-of-9th-parliament/711-constituency-63 |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=31 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102184441/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/get-involved/110-mps-category/mps-of-9th-parliament/711-constituency-63 |archive-date=2 November 2019}} She later married Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and moved to Sirajganj.

Career

Mahmood was elected to parliament in 2008 from Sirajganj-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate.{{cite web |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=97 |website=Amarmp |accessdate=31 December 2018 |language=en}} She was a member of the parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Commerce.{{cite web |title=Bangladesh |url=https://www.un.int/bangladesh/sites/www.un.int/files/Bangladesh/Bangladesh%20statement%20on%20civilian%20capacity%20-%20Ms.%20Rumana%20Mahmood,%20MP%5B1%5D.pdf |website=Permanent Missions to the United Nations |access-date=31 December 2018}}

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