Rabeya Bhuiyan

Rabia Bhuiyan (born 1 March 1944) is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from women's reserved seat 19. She is the first female barrister in Bangladesh. She is most notable for founding the law school, Bhuiyan Academy, in Dhaka.

Career Bhuiyan was elected to parliament from a reserved seat as a Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate in June 1996. She and her husband founded Bhuiyan Academy which provides distance learning for law courses from University of London.

Bhuiyan served as the minister of social welfare and women's affairs in the first Hasina cabinet.