Sharifa Quader

Sharifa Quader is a Bangladeshi politician who is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from the reserved women's seat-45.^[1][2]

Sharifa Quader
শেরীফা কাদের
Member of Parliament for Reserved women's seats-45
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2021
Preceded by	Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury
Personal details
Born	Lalmonirhat
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Spouse	GM Quader
Relations	Mahfuz Ahmed (son-in-law)

Career

Quader is advisor to the chairman of Jatiya Party, president of Jatiya Sanskritik Party and president of Lalmonirhat district Jatiya Party.^{[citation needed]}

On 13 September 2021, Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury, a Jatiya Sangsad member from the reserved women's seat-45 of the 11th National Assembly died in office. In the by-election of this vacant seat, on 1 November, Quader was nominated without a contest.^[3][1]

She lost in the 2024 Bangladeshi general election in Dhaka-18 constituency to an independent candidate Md Khosru Chowdhury by a huge margin. She bagged only 6,555 votes with the 'plough' symbol and came third in the seat.^[4]

Personal life

Quader is married to GM Quader, the current chairman of Jatiya Party. Her daughter Ishrat Jahan Quader's husband is actor Mahfuz Ahmed.^[3]