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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1941–2020)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ismat Ara Sadique
|native_name = ইসমত আরা সাদেক
|native_name_lang = bn
|image = Ismat Ara Sadique.jpg
|caption = Sadique in 2015
|office = [[Ministry of Primary and Mass Education|State Minister of Primary and Mass Education]]
|term_start = 12 January 2014
|term_end = 15 January 2014
|office1 = [[Ministry of Public Administration|State Minister of Public Administration]]
|term_start1 = 15 January 2014
|term_end1 = 30 December 2018
|successor1 = [[Farhad Hossain (politician)|Farhad Hossain]]
|constituency_MP2 = [[Jessore-6]]
|term_start2 = 5 January 2014
|term_end2 = 21 January 2020
|predecessor2 = [[Sheikh Abdul Wahab]]
|successor2 = [[Shahin Chakladar]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1941|09|01|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Bogra District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|01|21|1941|12|12|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
|nationality = Bangladeshi
|party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|spouse = [[ASHK Sadek]]
}}

'''Ismat Ara Sadique''' (1 September 1941 – 21 January 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/get-involved/contact-an-mp?layout=edit&id=3004|title=Constituency 90_11th_En|website=Bangladesh Parliament|access-date=2019-09-25}}</ref><ref name=a>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:যশোর-৬ আসনের এমপি ইসমত আরা আর নেই|work=Ekushey Television|language=bn|url=https://www.ekushey-tv.com/যশোর-৬-আসনের-এমপি-ইসমত-আরা-আর-নেই/90056|access-date=2020-01-21|date=2020-01-21}}</ref> was a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and the state minister of the [[Ministry of Primary and Mass Education]] and [[Ministry of Public Administration]].<ref>{{cite news |title=PM: Militancy will be contained|url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/jul/24/pm-militancy-will-be-contained |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/jan/15/ismat-ara-made-state-minister-public-admin|title=Ismat Ara shifted to Public Admin Ministry |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2016-09-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/economy/2016/02/02/govt-may-extend-job-contracts-of-three-bangladesh-bank-deputy-governors|title=Govt may extend job contracts of three Bangladesh Bank deputy governors |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2016-09-13}}</ref> She was elected a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Jessore-6]] constituency from 2014 until her death.

== Early life ==
Sadique was born on 1 September 1941 in Shatani House in [[Bogra District]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/awami-league-mp-ismat-ara-sadique-passes-away-1857073|title=AL MP Ismat Ara Sadique passes away|date=2020-01-21 |work=The Daily Star |language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref> In 1956, she graduated from Bogra VM Girls school, and in 1958 from Holy Cross College, Dhaka. In 1960, she graduated from Eden College, Dhaka.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mopa.gov.bd/en/home/content/1/1/72|title=Ministry of Public Administration (MOPA)|website=www.mopa.gov.bd|language=bn|access-date=2018-07-05}}</ref>

== Career ==
Sadique joined the Bangladesh Awami League in 1992. She established a women's unit in Keshabpur in 1996. From 2009 to 2013 she served in the Bangladesh Women Welfare Council. She was the President of Shathi Samajkalayan Sangstha, a charity providing free treatment to students and school supplies.<ref name=":0" /> She was made state minister of Primary and Mass Education on 12 January 2014.<ref name=a/> Later, she was made the state minister of Public Administration on 15 January 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2015/07/16/syed-ashraf-gets-ministry-of-public-administration|title=Syed Ashraf gets Ministry of Public Administration |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2018-07-05}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Sadique was married to [[ASHK Sadek]]. Her husband was a Bangladesh Awami League politician, member of parliament, and former minister of education. They had two children.<ref name=":0" /> Her younger brother, Mamdudur Rahman Choudhury, was a former [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] minister.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/ex-jp-minister-mamdudur-passes-away-1558417|title=Ex-JP minister Mamdudur passes away|date=2018-04-05|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-07-05|language=en}}</ref>

==Death==
Sadique died on 21 January 2020 at the age of 78.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/455840/MP-Ismat-Ara-Sadek-dies|title=MP Ismat Ara Sadek dies|date=2020-01-21|work=Daily Sun|access-date=2020-01-21|language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Jessore District]]
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:State Ministers of Public Administration (Bangladesh)]]
[[Category:Women government ministers of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians]]

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