Runu Reza

Runu Reza (Bengali: রুনু রেজা) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member from a women's reserved seat.[1]

Runu Reza
রুনু রেজা
Official Photograph for Honorable Member of Parliament Runu Reza MP
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
10 January 2024
Preceded byKhadizatul Anwar
ConstituencyReserved Women's Seat-6
Personal details
Born (1972-12-10) 10 December 1972
Narail District, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
ResidenceKhulna
OccupationPolitician

Early life and family

Runu Reza was born on 10 December 1972 into a Bengali Muslim family of Sheikhs in Narail District.[2] Her family had been freedom fighters in Khulna.[3] Her father, late Sheikh Mohammad Rokon Uddin Ahmed was a freedom fighter, professor and social worker. Runu Reza is the younger sister of 17th Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed.[4]

Her daughter Fairooz Faizah Beether is the first Bangladeshi to win the prestigious Goalkeepers Global Goals Changemaker Award by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Career

Reza was elected to Parliament on 27 February 2024 from women reserved seat as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[5]

References
  1. "Awami League names reserved seat MPs". United News of Bangladesh. 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  2. "New Chief of Army Staff biography". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  3. "Chief of Army Staff". Bangladesh Army. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. Shawon, Ali Asif (2024-02-16). "Dedicated leaders, first-timers dominate AL nominations". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  5. "Reserved seat nominees declared winners". Somoy Full News. 2024-02-25. Retrieved 2024-02-28.


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