Salma Islam

Salma Islam (born 1 January 1955)^[2] is a Bangladeshi businesswoman, politician, lawyer,^[3] and a former Jatiya Sangsad member.^[4] She was an MP of Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad representing the Dhaka-1 constituency.^[5] She served as state minister of the Bangladesh government for Ministry of Women and Children Affairs. She is the Member of Presidium as well as current chair of Dhaka (district unit) of Jatiya Party (Ershad). She has been made the new chairman of Jamuna Group after the death of her husband and the conglomerate's founder chairman Nurul Islam Babul.^[6]

Salma Islam
Islam in 2007
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Reserved women's seat-49
In office 28 February 2024 – 6 August 2024
Preceded by	Afroza Haque Rina
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Reserved women's seat-44
In office 30 January 2019 – 29 January 2024
Preceded by	Noor-E-Hasna Lily Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Faridun Nahar Laily
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Dhaka-1
In office 9 January 2014 – 29 January 2019
Preceded by	Abdul Mannan Khan
Succeeded by	Salman F Rahman
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Reserved Women's Seat-45
In office 25 January 2009 – 24 January 2014
Succeeded by	Mahjabeen Morshed
Personal details
Born	(1955-01-01) 1 January 1955 (age 70)
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Spouse	Nurul Islam Babul
Occupation	Chairman at Jamuna Group[1]

Career

Islam served as the publisher and editor of Jugantor.^[7] The all-party interim government headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. President Abdul Hamid administered the oath at the presidential palace. She was taking oath as a member of the constituents of the Awami League-led grand alliance. In December 2013, She, along with six others ministers and advisors of Jatiya Party resigned following the directive of the party chief.^[8] She was elected to parliament from Dhaka-1 constituency in 2014 as a Jatiya Party candidate.^[9] In 2019, she was made the Jatiya Party's Dhaka district unit president.^[10]