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|office = Member of Parliament from [[Tangail-4]]<br />
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|spouse=[[Abdul Latif Siddiqui]]<br />
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'''Laila Siddiqui''' is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and the former Member of Parliament from [[Tangail-4]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Siddiqui was elected to parliament from Tangail-4 under the women's reserved seat in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|title=3rd Parliament|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf|website=Bangladesh Parliament|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="bdnews24">{{cite news|title=Expelled Awami League leader, ex-minister Latif Siddique resigns from Parliament|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2015/09/01/expelled-awami-league-leader-ex-minister-latif-siddique-resigns-from-parliament|access-date=20 March 2018|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> She was one of the Bangladesh Awami League leaders who received 100 Bangladesh Nationalist Party men in the league in Tangail on 11 January 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=100 BNP men join AL in Tangail|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/01/11/d70111070799.htm|access-date=20 March 2018|work=The Daily Star}}</ref> She sued the government on 11 January 2014, after her husband [[Abdul Latif Siddiqui]] was arrested for criticizing [[Hajj]], [[Tablighi Jamaat]], and [[Sajeeb Wazed Joy]] in New York City. She argued that cases against her husband were unconstitutional because, for offences committed outside Bangladesh, Bangladeshi law requires permission of the home minister before individuals can be charged.<ref>{{cite news|title=Latif’s wife serves legal notice to govt|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/latif-s-wife-serves-legal-notice-to-govt-59400|access-date=20 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=11 January 2015|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Siddiqui is married to [[Abdul Latif Siddiqui]], former minister and a member of parliament.<ref name="bdnews24" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Latif Siddique opposes AD verdict|url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/22335/latif-siddique-opposes-ad-verdict|access-date=20 March 2018|work=New Age|language=en}}</ref> They have a son, Anik Siddique.<ref>{{cite news|title=AL grassroots oppose ?loud? Latif's return|url=http://www.observerbd.com/2014/10/20/49792.php|access-date=20 March 2018|work=The Daily Observer}}</ref><br />
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