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Syeda Amina Khatun, MBE is a British Labour Party politician, councillor for Tipton Green in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and Cabinet Advisor for Education. In 1999, she was the first Bangladeshi woman to be elected in the Midlands region.

Early life
Khatun was born in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and moved to England with her parents in October 1975. ==Career==
Career
In 1986, Khatun started her first job as research/outreach worker for the Department for Education and later became a language support tutor. In May 1999, in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election, Khatun was elected as councillor for Tipton Green, becoming the first Bangladeshi woman to be elected in the Midlands region and the first Muslim woman to win a seat in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. ==Awards and recognition==
Awards and recognition
In 2004, Khatun was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2004 New Year Honours for her services to community development in Sandwell. In February 2008, she received an award for her services to the community by the Birmingham Bangladeshi League. ==Personal life==
Personal life
Khatun is a Muslim. At the age of 15, she had an arranged marriage and has two sons and two daughters (born between 1985 and 1995). ==See also==
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