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Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury

1966 - Today

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Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (born 6 October 1966) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the first female speaker of the Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad since April 2013 until September 2024. At 46, she became the youngest person to assume that office. She was also the chairperson of the executive committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association between 2014 and 2017. She previously served as the state minister of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs of Bangladesh. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury is the 18,572nd most popular politician (down from 17,524th in 2024), the 65th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 64th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Bangladeshi Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury ranks 18,573 out of 19,576Before her are Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Olga Lyubimova, Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Tibor Benedek, José Antonio Alonso, László Toroczkai, and Parmanand Jha. After her are Seema Rao, Jon Tester, Judd Gregg, Alexander Novak, and Hal Rogers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury ranks 737Before her are Jessica Monroe, Attila Adrovicz, Charley Boorman, Beate Schramm, Agostino Abbagnale, and Alenka Zupančič. After her are Ann Leckie, Gretchen Carlson, Lars-Börje Eriksson, Igor Kravchuk, María Carmen Barea, and Melanie Joy.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury ranks 65 out of 74Before her are Allauddin Khan (1881), Vilayat Khan (1928), A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury (1915), Runa Laila (1952), Bimal Roy (1909), and Geeta Dutt (1930). After her are Avijit Roy (1972), Mamunul Haque (1973), Shakib Khan (1979), Monica Ali (1967), Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria (1969), and Shakib Al Hasan (1987).

Among POLITICIANS In Bangladesh

Among politicians born in Bangladesh, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury ranks 25Before her are Nurul Amin (1893), Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (1921), Syed Nazrul Islam (1925), Moudud Ahmed (1940), Mohammad Mohammadullah (1921), and A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury (1915). After her are Mashrafe Mortaza (1983).