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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{infobox officeholder
| name = Gloria Jharna Sarker
| native_name = {{Lang|bn|গ্লোরিয়া ঝর্ণা সরকার}}
| native_name_lang = bn
| constituency_MP = Women's Reserved Seat-30
| office = [[List of members of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad|Member of 11th Jatiya Sangsad of Reserved Seats for Women]]
| education = {{Ubl|B.A|L.L.M}}<ref name="Pinfo"/>
| occupation = {{Ubl|Politician|Lawyer}}<ref name="Pinfo"/>
| term_start = 16 February 2019
| term_end1 =
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|10 Jan 1979}}<ref name="Pinfo">{{Cite web|script-title=bn:নির্বাচনী এলাকাঃ ৩৩০ মহিলা আসন-৩০|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/bn/contact-bangla/2014-04-03-14-23-28?layout=edit&id=4355|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Bangladesh Parliament|language=bn}}</ref>
| nationality = [[Bangladeshi]]
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| spouse = Mintu Mohonta<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dhaka Bar Association|url=http://www.dhakabarassociation.com/view_member_personal_detail.php?detail=10768|access-date=2021-05-18|website=www.dhakabarassociation.com}}</ref>
| children = 2
| father = Shushanta Sarkar Shanu Shikari<ref name="Parents">{{Cite web|script-title=bn:প্রথম খ্রিস্টান হিসেবে সংরক্ষিত এমপি হচ্ছেন ঝর্ণা|url=https://barta24.com/details/জাতীয়/25330/প্রথম-খ্রীস্টান-নারী-এমপি|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Barta24|language=bn}}</ref>
| mother = Supriya Renu Shikhari<ref name="Parents"/>
}}

'''Gloria Jharna Sarkar'''<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=bn:নির্বাচনী এলাকাঃ ৩৩০ মহিলা আসন-৩০|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/bn/contact-bangla/2014-04-03-14-23-28?layout=edit&id=4355|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Bangladesh Parliament|language=bn}}</ref> is a [[Bangladeshi]] politician and lawyer who is elected as [[List of members of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad|Member of 11th Jatiya Sangsad of Reserved Seats for Women]].

She is the first ever Catholic Christian woman to be in the parliament.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-20|title=Easter a holiday in Bangladesh this year - Vatican News|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2019-04/bangladesh-easter-holiday.html|access-date=2021-05-18|website=www.vaticannews.va|language=en}}</ref>

<small>Before her, only two Christian men were elected to parliament. Promode Mankin, a Catholic, was an MP between 2009 and 2014 as well as Social Affairs minister between 2009 and 2012. His son, Jewel Areng, was elected for the first time in 2016 in a by-election and re-elected in 2018 December's general election.</small><ref>{{cite news|script-title=bn:সংরক্ষিত নারী আসনে ৪৯ জন বিনা প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় নির্বাচিত
|url=https://samakal.com/bangladesh/article/19021173/%EF%BB%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87-%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%AF-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4
|work=Samakal|date=16 February 2019 |language=bn
|access-date= 21 July 2019
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:সংরক্ষিত আসনে ৪৯ জন বিনা প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় নির্বাচিত
|url=http://www.mzamin.com/article.php?mzamin=159872
|work=Manab Zamin|date=17 February 2019 |language=bn
|access-date= 21 July 2019
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:শপথ নিলেন সংরক্ষিত নারী এমপিরা
|url=https://www.ekushey-tv.com/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A5-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE/63203
|work=Ekushey TV|date=20 February 2019 |language=bn
|access-date= 21 July 2019
}}</ref>

== Political life ==
She has a long history of student activism in Catholic associations and women's groups such as the [[Young Women's Christian Association]], the [[Bangladesh Christian Association]] and the [[Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council]].<ref>{{cite news
|title=Bangladesh gets first female Christian MP
|url=https://www.ucanews.com/news/bangladesh-gets-first-female-christian-mp/84504
|work=Union of Catholic Asian News
|access-date=22 July 2019
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722105705/https://www.ucanews.com/news/bangladesh-gets-first-female-christian-mp/84504
|archive-date=22 July 2019
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

She had been present and was wounded in the [[21st August grenade attack]] on the meeting of [[Bangladesh Awami League]] where 24 people got killed and about 300 injured.

<blockquote>I am from a coastal area where people are neglected and struggle to survive. I will work for needy children, women and young people.<ref name="quote">{{cite news |title=Bangladesh’s first Catholic woman MP dedicates her victory to all Christians
|url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Bangladesh%E2%80%99s-first-Catholic-woman-MP-dedicates-her-victory-to-all-Christians-46249.html
|access-date= 22 July 2019|website=Asia News
}}</ref>
</blockquote>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:People from Khulna District]]
[[Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi women lawyers]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi Christians]]
[[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians]]
[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi lawyers]]

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