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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Meher Afroze Chumki<br />
| native_name = মেহের আফরোজ চুমকি<br />
| image = Meher Afroz Chumki - Kolkata 2016-02-02 0547.JPG<br />
| caption = Chumki in 2016<br />
| constituency_MP = Member of reserved seat for women<ref name="Pinfo"/><br />
| term_start = 1996<br />
| term_end = 2001<br />
| office2 = Member of [[Jatiyo Sangshad]]<br />
| constituency_MP2 = [[Gazipur-5]]<br />
| term_start2 = 6 January 2008<br />
| predecessor2 = ''Constituency established''<br />
| office1 = [[Ministry of Women and Children Affairs|State Minister for Women and Children Affairs]]<br />
| term_start1 = 12 January 2014<br />
| term_end1 = 3 January 2019<br />
| primeminister1 = [[Sheikh Hasina]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Sheikh Hasina]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|11|01|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Constituency 198_11th_En|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3758|access-date=2021-05-28|website=www.parliament.gov.bd}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Gazipur District|Gazipur]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]<br />
| spouse = Mohammad Masudur Rahman<br />
| awards = [[Anannya Top Ten Awards]] (2014)<br />
| father = [[Moyez Uddin]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Meher Afroze Chumki''' (born 1 November 1959)<ref name=oath/> is a Bangladeshi politician. She was the State Minister for Women and Children Affairs.<ref>{{cite news |title = Meher Afroze Assures Women Entrepreneurs of All-Out Help |url = http://www.thedailystar.net/meher-afroz-assures-women-entrepreneurs-of-all-out-help-38284 |work = The Daily Star |date = 23 August 2014 |access-date = 19 September 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Chumki was born on 1 November 1959 to [[Moyez Uddin]]. She completed her bachelor's degree in botany from the [[University of Dhaka]].<ref name=oath/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Between 1996 and 2001, Chumki served in [[Bangladesh Parliament|Parliament]] in the reserved seats for women. She represented the [[Gazipur-5]] constituency.<ref name="Pinfo">{{cite news |date = 2 June 2013|title = Chumki to become state minister for women Affairs|url = http://www.dhakatribune.com/politics/2013/jun/02/chumki-become-state-minister-women-affairs |work = Dhaka Tribune |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130602135056/http://www.dhakatribune.com/politics/2013/jun/02/chumki-become-state-minister-women-affairs |archive-date = 2 June 2013 |access-date = 19 September 2015}}</ref> In 2009, she was elected to the Parliament and in 2013, was sworn in as State Minister for Women and Children Affairs.<ref name=oath>{{cite news |title = Chumki Takes Oath |url = http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/06/02/chumki-takes-oath |work = bdnews24.com |date = 2 June 2013 |access-date = 19 September 2015}}</ref><br />
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Chumki won the Anannya Shirshodosh award in September 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title = 11 Women Get Anannya Shirshodosh Award |url = http://www.thedailystar.net/city/11-women-get-anannya-shirshodosh-award-142219 |work = The Daily Star |date = 13 September 2015 |access-date = 19 September 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[Anannya Top Ten Awards]] (2014)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1959 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Gazipur District]]<br />
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Women government ministers of Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi women politicians]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians]]<br />
[[Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
[[Category:State Ministers of Women and Children Affairs (Bangladesh)]]<br />
[[Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
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