Rabia Bhuiyan

Rabia Bhuiyan is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and a Member of Parliament from a reserved seat. She was the first female barrister and speaker of the parliament in Bangladesh.[1]

Rabia Bhuiyan
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
In office
1996–2001
Personal details
Political partyJatiya Party (Ershad)

Early life

Bhuiyan was born on 1 March 1944 in Dhaka, East Bengal, British India. She was married to AKM Mozammel Hoque Bhuiyan.[2]

Career

Bhuiyan was elected to parliament from reserved seat as a Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate in 1996.[3] She and her husband founded Bhuiyan Academy which provides distance learning for law courses from University of London. She served as the Minister of Social Welfare and Women’s Affairs in the First Sheikh Hasina Cabinet. She served as the speaker of the parliament for one day, the first female speaker of the parliament in Bangladesh.[2] She filed a landmark environment case titled Rabia Bhuiyan, MP v Ministry of LGRD which acknowledged that the government has a responsibility to ensure access to safe drinking water.[4][5]

References
  1. "The first female barrister of bangladesh -Dr Rabia Bhuiyan". weku.io. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  2. "Dr Rabia Bhuiyan- The first female barrister of Bangladesh". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  3. "List of 7th Parliament Members" (PDF). parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. "Landmark environmental law verdicts". The Daily Star. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  5. "Is there a human right to water?". The Daily Star. 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
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