Ummi Farzana Sattar

Ummy Farzana Sattar
উম্মি ফরজানা ছাত্তার
Member of Parliament
for Reserved women's seat-21
In office
28 February 2024 – 6 August 2024
Personal details
Born (1984-02-09) 9 February 1984
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyAwami League
Alma materUniversity of London
OccupationPolitician and lawyer

Ummy Farzana Sattar (born 9 February 1984)[1]is a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Reserved Women's Seat-21 for Mymensingh District.[2][3] In 2024, she was a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Law Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.[4]

Early life and education

Barristar Farzana Sattar was born on 9 February 1984 in Dhaka. Her father, veteran Freedom Fighter Abdus Sattar was a member of the parliament two times and the former Commerce and Industry Affairs Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League.[5]

Farzana has completed L.L.B. Honours from the University of London, LLM from the City University of London and Barrister-at-Law.

Career

Farzana was called to the Bar of England and Wales. After completing Barrister-at-Law, she returned to Bangladesh and became member of Bangladesh Bar Council in 2010 and enrolled as an advocate of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. She was senior associate of Barrister Tanjib-Ul-Alam from 2010 to 2016. She is an activist on human rights issues, women's empowerment and works on elimination of all forms of discrimination against Women.[6]

References

  1. ^ "UMMY FARZANA SATTAR". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ "50 MPs elected to reserved women's seats take oath". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  3. ^ "JS reserved seats for women: AL finalises its 48 nominees". The Daily Star. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Hon'ble Members of Standing Committee on Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs". Bangladesh Parliament.
  5. ^ বাবার হাত ধরে রাজনীতিতে, এখন সংসদের পথে ফারজানা ছাত্তার. Sara Bangla (in Bengali). 15 February 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  6. ^ ময়মনসিংহে সংরক্ষিত আসনে মনোনয়ন পেয়েছেন ব্যারিস্টার ফারজানা ছাত্তার. Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Retrieved 30 March 2024.