Selina Hayat Ivy

Salina Hayat Ivy (born June 5)[1][2] is a Bangladeshi politician, physician, and the first and current mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation.[3] She was given the status of State Minister on August 8, 2022, along with the Mayor of Chattragram.[4] She won her third term as mayor in the Narayanganj City Corporation election in 2022.[5] Early life and education Salina Hayat Ivy was born on June 6, 1966, in a political family in Narayanganj District. Her father was former Narayanganj municipal chairman Ali Ahmed Chunka [6] and her mother was Momtaz Begum. Ivy is the first child among the five children. She started her education at Dewvog Akhra Primary School. Later, she was admitted to Narayanganj Preparatory School, where she studied until the sixth grade. Then, she was admitted to Morgan Girls' High School. She got a junior scholarship in 1979 and passed her secondary school certificate examination in 1982. Then, she joined the Odesa National Medical University in 1985 on a scholarship from the Soviet government and earned a medical degree with merit in 1992. Later, in 1992–93, she completed her internship at Mitford Hospital. Ivy worked as an honorary doctor at Midwest Hospital in 1993–94 and in Narayanganj's 200-bed hospital in 1994–95. Previously, she had also run the municipality for eight years, beginning in 2003. She is affiliated with the Awami League.[citation needed]