{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1941–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ismat Ara Sadique | native_name = ইসমত আরা সাদেক | native_name_lang = bn | image = Ismat Ara Sadeque Dhaka 2018.jpg | caption = Sadique in 2018 | office = State Minister of Primary and Mass Education | term_start = 12 January 2014 | term_end = 15 January 2014 | office1 = State Minister of Public Administration | term_start1 = 15 January 2014 | term_end1 = 30 December 2018 | successor1 = Farhad Hossain | constituency_MP2 = Jessore-6 | term_start2 = 5 January 2014 | term_end2 = 21 January 2020 | predecessor2 = Sheikh Abdul Wahab | successor2 = Shahin Chakladar | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|09|01|df=y}} | birth_place = Bogra District, Bengal Presidency, British India | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|01|21|1941|12|12|df=y}} | death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh | party = Bangladesh Awami League | spouse = ASHK Sadek }}
'''Ismat Ara Sadique''' (1 September 1941 – 21 January 2020)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/get-involved/contact-an-mp?layout=edit&id=3004 |title=Constituency 90_11th_En |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=2019-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006065901/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/get-involved/contact-an-mp?layout=edit&id=3004 |archive-date=2019-10-06}}</ref><ref name=a>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:যশোর-৬ আসনের এমপি ইসমত আরা আর নেই |work=Ekushey Television |language=bn |url=https://www.ekushey-tv.com/যশোর-৬-আসনের-এমপি-ইসমত-আরা-আর-নেই/90056 |access-date=2020-01-21 |date=2020-01-21}}</ref> was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the state minister of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education and Ministry of Public Administration.<ref>{{cite news |title=PM: Militancy will be contained |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jul/24/pm-militancy-will-be-contained |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=13 September 2016 |archive-date=11 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811013006/http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jul/24/pm-militancy-will-be-contained |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/jan/15/ismat-ara-made-state-minister-public-admin |title=Ismat Ara shifted to Public Admin Ministry |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2016-09-13 |archive-date=2017-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811011353/http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/jan/15/ismat-ara-made-state-minister-public-admin |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/economy/govt-may-extend-job-contracts-of-three-bangladesh-bank-deputy-governors |title=Govt may extend job contracts of three Bangladesh Bank deputy governors |work=bdnews24.com |date=2 February 2016 |access-date=2016-09-13}}</ref> She was elected a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jessore-6 constituency from 2014 until her death.
== Early life == Sadique was born on 1 September 1941 in Shatani House in Bogra District.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/awami-league-mp-ismat-ara-sadique-passes-away-1857073 |title=AL MP Ismat Ara Sadique passes away |date=2020-01-21 |work=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref> In 1956, she graduated from Bogra VM Girls school, and in 1958 from Holy Cross College, Dhaka. In 1960, she graduated from Eden College, Dhaka.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mopa.gov.bd/en/home/content/1/1/72 |title=Ministry of Public Administration (MOPA) |website=www.mopa.gov.bd |language=bn |access-date=2018-07-05 |archive-date=2018-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705062845/http://www.mopa.gov.bd/en/home/content/1/1/72 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Career == Sadique joined the Bangladesh Awami League in 1992. She established a women's unit in Keshabpur in 1996. From 2009 to 2013 she served in the Bangladesh Women Welfare Council. She was the president of Shathi Samajkalayan Sangstha, a charity providing free treatment to students and school supplies.<ref name=":0" /> She was made state minister of primary and mass education on 12 January 2014.<ref name=a/> Later, she was made the state minister of public administration on 15 January 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/syed-ashraf-gets-ministry-of-public-administration |title=Syed Ashraf gets Ministry of Public Administration |work=bdnews24.com |date=16 July 2015 |access-date=2018-07-05}}</ref>
== Personal life == Sadique was married to ASHK Sadek. Her husband was a Bangladesh Awami League politician, member of parliament, and former minister of education. They had two children.<ref name=":0" /> Her younger brother, Mamdudur Rahman Choudhury, was a former Jatiya Party minister.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/ex-jp-minister-mamdudur-passes-away-1558417 |title=Ex-JP minister Mamdudur passes away |date=2018-04-05 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-07-05 |language=en}}</ref>
==Death== Sadique died on 21 January 2020 at the age of 78.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/455840/MP-Ismat-Ara-Sadek-dies |title=MP Ismat Ara Sadek dies |date=2020-01-21 |work=Daily Sun |access-date=2020-01-21 |language=en}}</ref>
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