Shamshun Nahar Chapa
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Shamshun Nahar Chapa
| native_name = শামসুন নাহার
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = State Minister of Education
| primeminister = Sheikh Hasina
| term_start = 1 March 2024
| term_end = 6 August 2024
| predecessor = Kazi Keramat Ali
|constituency_MP1 = Reserved women's seat–19
|parliament1 = Bangladesh
|term_start1 = 28 February 2024
|term_end1 = 6 August 2024
|predecessor1 = Kazi Kaniz Sultana
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1 June 1958|df=y}}
| relations = Abdur Razzaque (brother)
}}
Shamshun Nahar Chapa (born 1 June 1958){{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/member-profile/012031901/begum-shamsun-naher|title=Member profile|publisher=Bangladesh Government|accessdate=2024-10-15}} is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from a women's reserved for Tangail District.{{Cite web |title=50 MPs elected to reserved women's seats take oath |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/8z59kpqkt8 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=bdnews24.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-14 |title=JS reserved seats for women: AL finalises its 48 nominees |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/politics/news/js-reserved-seats-women-al-finalises-its-48-nominees-3543896 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} Chapa served as the state minister for education from 1 March 2024 until 6 August 2024.
Early life
Chapa's father's name was Kasim Uddin Ahmed, a chairman of a village of Tangail, and her mother's name was Hamida Begum. Her brother, Abdur Razzaque, was a minister of agriculture.{{Cite news |date=1 March 2024 |title=Shamsun Nahar becoming state minister for education |url=https://en.somoynews.tv/news/2024-03-01/shamsun-nahar-becoming-state-minister-for-education |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=Somoy TV}} She was the general secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League unit of Shamsunnahar Hall while studying at the University of Dhaka.
Career
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Category:Awami League politicians
Category:Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad
Category:12th Jatiya Sangsad members