Jebunnesa Afroz

{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Jebunnesa Afroz |office = Member of Parliament |constituency= [[Barisal-5]] |term_start = 22 June 2014 |term_end = 29 December 2018 |predecessor = |successor = |birth_date = |birth_place = [[Barisal]] |spouse = [[Shawkat Hossain Hiron]] |party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]] }}

'''Jebunnesa Afroz''' is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician who was a member of parliament in the 10th session of the parliament.<ref>{{cite web |title=List of 10th Parliament Members English |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=14 November 2017 |language=en-gb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129015648/http://parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english |archive-date=29 November 2023}}</ref> She was elected from [[Barisal-5]].<ref>{{cite news |title=AL's Afroz wins Barisal by-polls |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/als-afroz-wins-barisal-by-polls-28737 |access-date=14 November 2017 |work=The Daily Star |date=16 June 2014 |language=en}}</ref>

==Biography== Afroz was married to [[Shawkat Hossain Hiron]]. He was a politician of the Bangladesh Awami League and member of parliament from the Barisal-5 constituency of [[Barisal District]]. He died on 9 April 2014 and left the seat of Barisal-5 vacant. A by-election was declared for the constituency for which she announced her candidacy. She won the nomination of the [[Bangladesh Awami League]]. She won the election on 15 June 2014. She received about 183 thousand votes compared to her opponent who received about six thousand votes, winning by a landslide. She was sworn into office on 22 June 2014 by [[Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury]], the speaker of the parliament.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hiron's wife takes oath |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/hirons-wife-takes-oath |access-date=14 November 2017 |work=bdnews24.com |date=22 June 2014}}</ref>

On 8 July 2014, [[Bangladesh High court]] questioned the legitimacy of qualifications to be a candidate. Her opponent in the election, [[Saiful Islam Liton]], from the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Front]] filed a case against her on 8 June 2017. Liton accused Afroz of pressuring the independent candidate, Syed Moazzem Hossain, into stepping down from the election through the usage of information obtained illegally from the [[Bangladesh Election Commission]] returning officer.<ref>{{cite news |title=HC questions Jebunnesa's election as MP |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/hc-questions-jebunnesas-election-as-mp-32316 |access-date=14 November 2017 |work=The Daily Star |date=8 July 2014 |language=en}}</ref> Independent election monitoring organisation Election Working Group also accused the poll of having large irregularities without naming anyone involved.<ref>{{cite news |title=Barisal by-poll saw huge rigging: EWG |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/barisal-by-poll-saw-huge-rigging-ewg-29099 |access-date=14 November 2017 |work=The Daily Star |date=18 June 2014 |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life== Afroz is married to [[Shawkat Hossain Hiron]]. Her husband was the president of Barisal City Awami League and member of parliament from Barisal-5. He was also a former mayor of [[Barisal City]]. They have a son [[Rafsan sajid]] and a daughter together.<ref>{{cite news |title=Awami League MP Hiron dies |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/apr/10/awami-league-mp-hiron-dies |access-date=14 November 2017 |work=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}}</ref>

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