{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Salma Chowdhury | native_name = সালমা চৌধুরী | native_name_lang = bn | office = Member of 11th Jatiya Sangsad of Reserved Seats for Women Seat-34 | term_start = 4 August 2019 | predecessor = Rushema Begum | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|01|df=y}} | father = Md. Abdul Wajed Chowdhury | party = Awami League | occupation = Politician | term_end = 31 December 2023 }}
'''Salma Chowdhury''' (born 1 November 1971)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Constituency 334_11th_En |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=4482 |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=www.parliament.gov.bd}}</ref> is an Awami League politician and former Member of 11th Jatiya Sangsad in the Reserved Seats for Women.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:বিনা প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় এমপি নির্বাচিত হলেন সালমা চৌধুরী|url=https://www.jugantor.com/politics/206993/বিনা-প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায়-এমপি-নির্বাচিত-হলেন-সালমা-চৌধুরী|work=Jugantor|date=4 August 2019 |language=bn|accessdate= 5 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:সংরক্ষিত আসন উপনির্বাচনে সালমা চৌধুরী এমপি নির্বাচিত|url=http://www.dainikamadershomoy.com/post/210386|newspaper=Amader Shomoy|date=5 August 2019 |language=bn|accessdate= 5 August 2019}}</ref>
== Career == Chowdhury was elected to parliament from reserved seat in August 2019 by the Awami League representing Rajbari District.<ref>{{cite news |date=4 August 2019 |script-title=bn:আ. লীগের সালমা চৌধুরী সংসদ সদস্য নির্বাচিত |url=https://m.bdnews24.com/bn/detail/politics/1650965 |accessdate=5 August 2019 |work=bdnews24.com |language=bn |archive-date=5 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805050227/https://m.bdnews24.com/bn/detail/politics/1650965 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In August 2020, she was airlifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital by Bangladesh Air Force from Rajbari District after catching COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-03 |title=Covid-19: Rajbari MP Salma Chowdhury airlifted to Dhaka |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/coronavirus-deadly-new-threat/news/covid-19-rajbari-mp-salma-chowdhury-airlifted-dhaka-1939585 |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Chowdhury's father, Md. Abdul Wajed Chowdhury, was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rajbari-1 constituency.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=31 December 2022 |title=New Secretary of Secondary and Higher Education Department Soleman Khan |url=https://archive.kalbela.com/dainikshiksha/36733 |access-date=13 March 2024 |website=Kalbela}}</ref> Her husband, Suleman Khan, is a bureaucrat and secretary of the Ministry of Education.<ref name=":0" />
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